San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Pygmy Hippopotamus
An in-depth description of Pygmy Hippopotamus, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures and video.
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Hippopotamus
Learn all you wanted to know about the hippopotamus with pictures, a video, fun facts, and more.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Hippopotamus
Multi-media National Geographic site includes video and audio clips about hippopotamuses. Fun facts are great for students doing research projects and you can send a postcard to a friend.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Common Hippopotamus
Exhaustive resource examines the common hippopatamus with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on range, reproduction, habitat, behavior, conservation, and external links.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Pygmy Hippopotamus
Get to know the Pygmy Hippopotamus.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Pygmy Hippopotamus
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can...
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Hippopotamus
This resource provides detailed information about hippopotamuses.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Hippopotamus
This photo shows a very large looking hippopotamus in a zoo. Found in Africa, the hippo is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Learn more about hippos by checking out our range of fun hippopotamus facts for kids.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Recumbent Hippopotamus
Statue of recumbent hippopotamus, the body is made of blue glazed faience and is adorned with nice drawings of aquatic plants showing flowers and foliage.
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Pittsburgh Zoo: Pygmy Hippo
The pygmy hippopotamus has eluded researchers in the wild for years. In fact, the species was not discovered until 1840. Us this resource to discover other quick facts about this endangered animal.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Hippotpotamus
This resource presents detailed information about the hippotpotamus, including several photos and an audio clip.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of t.s. Eliot
This website provides links to selected online texts of many of Eliot's poems, including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Waste Land," and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales." Also offers a biography and selected bibliography of...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Discovery Reveals Modern Hippos Evolved in Africa
Article reports on a recent fossil discovery in Kenya that reveals new information about the evolution of the modern-day hippo. Includes video.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Animals
This resource describes the most popular animals at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Each profile gives background about a specific animal, and more information about the species.
Other
Cincinnati Zoo: Hippo Baby Fiona Updates
Follow the unlikely journey of a preemie hippo, and see how a zoo care team helped her thrive.
Read Works
Read Works: Smile! Show Off Those Pearly Whites
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text telling about the teeth of different animals including: hippopotamus, beavers, sharks, lions, and people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Bernard Most on the Web
Use the Stegosaurus on this page to click through information about Bernard Most, his books and awards, play games, and print coloring pages.
Read Works
Read Works: African Animals
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about lions, elephants, giraffes, and warthogs. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Curated OER
Unesco: Cote D'ivoire: Tai National Park
This park is one of the last major remnants of the primary tropical forest of West Africa. Its rich natural flora, and threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus and 11 species of monkeys, are of great scientific interest.
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Unesco: Kenya: Lake Turkana National Parks
The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities. The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the Goddess Taweret
The statuette represents Taweret, the goddess of protection of women in childbirth. She is depicted as a female hippopotamus with the arms and the legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. The statuette is placed on a rectangular,...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Taweret
This statue represents Taweret with the head of a hippopotamus, the legs and arms of a lion, the tail of a crocodile, and with sagging human breasts.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Hunting
Egyptian hunting Hippopotamus. - Lardner, 1885
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