Zoo of Barcelona: Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). It is, along with rhinos and elephants, one of AfricaÕs giants, with some males exceed

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Zoo of Barcelona: Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). It is, along with rhinos and elephants, one of AfricaÕs giants, with some males exceeding 4,000 kg. With a gregarious and sedentary lifestyle, it spends most of the day in the water, to protect itself from the sun and high ambient temperatures. At dusk, and always through prefixed paths, they leave the water and go to feeding territories, where they eat a great amount of plants. The fights between males for territorial or reproduction matters are impressive.

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Keywords: amphibius, animal, barcelona, captivity, common, de, hipopotamo, hippopotamus, zoo