Top 7 interesting facts about Hippopotamus

Gestation period

Hippos’ conception period is shorter and comprises six to seven months. Naturally, they deliver just one baby but, sometimes twin hippos occur it is incredibly rare. Interesting fact that in 1988, the Hippo twins were born on Christmas day at the Memphis Zoo for the first time in the imprisonment of 25 years. The custom is for one calf born at a time, as that’s all a mom has to manage on her own.

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