Catagory
Hand-fed ... baby pygmy hippo Monifa is lucky by name and lucky by nature, Taronga Zoo keepers say.
Vocalization
Dr. William Barklow has spent many years studying the vocalizations of hippos. These are rarely heard by humans since most of them occur underwater, but calls as loud as 115 DB have been recorded. Hundreds of different calls have been identified. These calls may function like bird calls, as a means of social communication.
In the wild the Hippopotamus eats soft grasses and other low lying plants, aquatic and reed plants, leaves, and fallen fruits. While in the zoo, however, the hippopotamus eat a herbivorous diet. The hippopotamus will occasionally eat cultivated crops such as corn and sugar cane.
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