Hippos spend much of their lives in water, but amazingly, they don't swim. They have, like manatees, very little body fat. The density of a hippo's body is approximately 1030 kg/m3, so it sinks to the bottom of the freshwater lakes and rivers it frequents--and then it simply walks on the bottom.

Hippos spend much of their lives in water, but amazingly, they don't swim. They have, like manatees, very little body fat. The density of a hippo's body is approximately 1030 kg/m3, so it sinks to the bottom of the freshwater lakes and rivers it frequents--and then it simply walks on the bottom.

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