7 edition of Hippos in the Night found in the catalog.
Published
February 4, 2003
by HarperCollins Publishers
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Contributions | Rob Shepperson (Illustrator) |
The Physical Object | |
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Format | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | 144 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL7727653M |
ISBN 10 | 068817826X |
ISBN 10 | 9780688178260 |
OCLC/WorldCa | 49727853 |
With one of the largest book inventories in the world, find the book you are looking for. To help, we provided some of our favorites. Search for books from Hippo Books Advanced Search Search , books, 7 movies, and 4, music items from this seller Browse Books. Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun. Hippos are graceful in water, good swimmers, and can hold their breath.
Hippos are closely related to whales and other cetaceans. Diet and Behavior: Hippos are herbivores (plant-eaters). They are nocturnal (they are most active at night). Hippos spend the day resting and cooling off in shallow water, emerging from the water at night to graze on grass. Hippos cans stay underwater for up to 5 to 6 minutes. Over millions of years, many species of hippos existed. Some were as small as the pygmy hippos, but most were somewhere in between the size of pygmy and common hippos. The native ranges of these early hippos expanded across Africa and into the Middle East and Europe. Fossils of hippos have even turned up has far north as England.
One lonely hippo calls up two friends for what eventually becomes a huge, night-long hippopotamus party. In this rhyming counting book, the guests arrive in groups of increasing number (two hippos, then three, and so on) and, when the party is over, leave in groups of decreasing number/5(13). Hippos are huge, graceful and dangerous, as depicted in this colorful, informative book for the youngest the cover image of a hippo's gaping maw and the pink endpapers resembling the interior of the hippo's mouth, readers understand that they will be immersed in details about the unusual creature.5/5(1).
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My favorite part would probably be when she was in her tent at night and then a herd of hippos woke her up and went through It's an easy read autobiography about Christina Allen.
Christina Allen is a woman who travels to Africa with a group of people to record animal prints in the ground and animal droppings/5. Soon three more hippos are at the door, bringing along another four. Before the night is through, a houseful of hippos (and one beast) has joined the one hippo for a boisterous bash.
All through the hippo night, Hippos play with great delight. But at the hippo break of day, The hippos all must go by: 1. Hippos in the Night: Autobiographical Adventures in Africa Hardcover – January 1, by Christina M.
Allen (Author)5/5(1). The best books on Conservation and Hippos recommended by Karen Paolillo. Karen has been studying the hippos in Zimbabwe full-time since In this interview she talks sustainable conservation and selects five excellent books as further reading including Born Free and The Little Prince.
Hippos are unusual in being genuinely amphibious and this has a fundamental effect on their physiology and way of life. Following a general introduction, there is a detailed description of hippo anatomy and physiology, including many fascinating and little known facts about their skin structure and physiology.
The complex question of hippo stomach anatomy, and its impact on their diet and. The hippopotamus (/ ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s / HIP-ə-POT-ə-məs; Hippopotamus amphibius), also called the common hippopotamus is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal and ungulate native to sub-Saharan is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis).Class: Mammalia.
“Hippos are the very definition of Disney cute. There is no way you could look at a big, fat, squishy, huggable hippo and not think, "Id she could talk like a human, she would sound just like Jada Pinkett Smith and be oh so sassy.".
Hungry, Hungry Hippos. Hippos spend most of their days in or near the water in groups called pods. In the evenings, pods break up and the hippos leave the water, either singly or as females with their calves.
They wander as much as three miles from the water in search of. * the story ‘hippo wants to dance’ was created by book dash and is licensed under a creative commons attribution license. minor formatting changes have been made to the original work to enable it to be read on our website.
let’s chat about the stories ~ ideas for talking with kids. feelings. how do you feel when you want to dance?Author: Book Dash. A hippo feeding seen on evening drive of 6 February Sink Argentina's Carrier - The Secret British Falklands War Mission - Duration:.
How well do you know the noble hippo. Set aside your pink milk and cartoon memories because you’re in for a crazy, rancorous ride. Subscribe | Hippo's Toothache Hipopótamo tiene dolor de muela Le mal de dent d'Henri l'hippopotame Hippo's Toothache Hippo's Toothache Hippo's Toothache Hippo's Toothache.
Humorous (fiction), words, Level I (Grade 1), Lexile L. Harry the Hippo lives in the jungle and has a horrible toothache. Meet nocturnal animals from around the world in this lovely book about night and day for young children.
Beautifully illustrated scenes by Nina de Polonia show animals that are awake at night, from bats and foxes to leopards and hippos.
With very simple, easy-to-read text, this book is. Beginning with the fabulous cover art showing a hippopotamus with its mouth WIDE open, this book is filled with wonderfully dynamic illustrations showing hippos in all their many activities.
The illustrations range from vast two-page spreads to smaller drawings scattered across the pages, but all convey the sense of size of the animals. Hippos can open their jaws degrees (humans only about 45 degrees) to inflict a deadly bite.
At night hippos emerge and eat from 50 to pounds of vegetation. Hippos can be testy and. Hippos eat between 65– pounds of grass and foliage each night. Somewhat confusingly, hippos are classified as "pseudoruminants"—they're equipped with multiple-chambered stomachs, like cows, but they do not chew a cud (which, considering the huge size of their jaws, would make for a pretty comical sight).
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Hippos in the night: autobiographical adventures in Africa. [Christina M Allen; Rob Shepperson] -- Biologist Christina Allen describes her adventures in Africa, including watching the shadow of a hippo lurking outside her tent, trying to ride a camel, and watching a dung beetle in action.
There's only a two types of hippos. We have the common hippos and then the pigment hippos. so the common hippos is what you're seeing right now. They're big. They're beautiful the gorgeous and then the piggy hippos.
they're still big, but there are a lot smaller than these guys. so a size is gonna be the big difference between the two. The plan was this: hippopotamus ranching. Hippos imported from Africa and raised in the bayous of Louisiana, proponents argued, would provide a delicious new source of protein for a meat-hungry.
One hippo, all alone, calls two hippos on the phone. So begins Sandra Boynton's classic counting story, Hippos Go Berserk!
Exuberant hippopotamus guests show up in ever-increasing numbers, until an all-night party is inevitable/5(23).Book of the Day for Isolation: Scoring off the Field by Naima Simone Book of the Day for Isolation: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire Book of the Day for .