Hippo stick figure picture

First, we draw a small semicircle as the head of a hippo.

Then sketch the hippo's face. Pay attention to the change of lines.

Draw hippopotamus's little ea

First, we draw a small semicircle as the head of a hippo.

Then sketch the hippo's face. Pay attention to the change of lines.

Draw hippopotamus's little ears on your head.

Draw two points as hippo's eyes.

Then draw the hippo's nose and nostrils.

A smiling mouth reveals two front teeth.

Draw some lovely blush on the hippo's face.

Draw two slender bands under your head.

And the hippopotamus's short arm.

Connect your arms and draw a chubby body of a hippo.

Then connect the hippopotamus's little feet into an inverted U-shape.

Draw its bulging belly, too

Its belt and toes. Observe the details carefully.

Let's decorate its surroundings with grass.

Draw a sunflower with a cute little hippo.

Finally, let's paint the painted hippo with beautiful colors.

Distribution range of hippopotamus

At the end of the ice age, hippos were widely distributed in North America and Europe. Hippos could survive in cold climate at that time.

Origin: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, C? te d 'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger and Nigeria.

Regional extinction: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania.

Mainly living in Arusha National Park, Lake Maniara National Park, Mikumi National Park, African NGO Nature Reserve and Ruaha National Park.

Living habits

Hippo is an amphibian, likes to live in groups, is good at swimming, is afraid of cold, and likes warm climate. Their skin will chapped without water for a long time, and their foraging, mating, calving and breastfeeding in life are also carried out in water. Hippopotamus is a herbivore, but its sparse tusks are ten centimeters long, so the mother hippopotamus is very aggressive in protecting the baby hippopotamus. Hippos move in pairs or in groups, and older males often move alone. Nocturnal: they sleep or rest in the river or riverside almost all day, come out for food at night, and sometimes swim more than 30 kilometers downstream for food. Mainly feed on aquatic plants; I occasionally eat land crops, mainly grass. Sometimes I go to the fields to eat crops. When food is scarce, they also eat meat.

Hippos are huge, but they walk lightly in the water. In the scorching sun, the muddy water on the strap can protect it from the scorching sun. The sweat glands of hippopotamus skin can secrete a red liquid as a natural sunscreen to moisturize the skin, which is often mistaken for discharged blood and called "sweat". Because its skin is very sensitive, it will be chapped when it is out of water for a long time, so it stays lazily in the water most of the day, adjusts its body temperature with the help of water to prevent chapped skin, and sleeps on the shore at night. Its eyesight is very poor, even on the water, it can't be seen clearly, but it doesn't affect its life, because underwater is often muddy and it can't be seen very far.

Hippos like to live in groups and are led by females. 20-30 in each group, sometimes as many as 100, especially in places with dense aquatic plants, with an average of one per 5.5 square meters. It has a special set of muscle tissue as flexible as a valve, which can close the ears and nostrils when diving, and the diving time can reach about 5- 10 minutes each time. But unlike aquatic mammals, it has no physiological adaptability to water, lives on land for a long time and can run at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, so it can only be regarded as a semi-aquatic animal. At ordinary times, hippos will be submerged in the water, only showing their ears, eyes and nostrils, so that they can not only breathe normally, but also find danger in time without being noticed by the enemy. Besides being safe and cool, water can also help support its huge and heavy body and make it walk freely in the water.

Although hippopotamus always stays in the water, it can't swim, but only dive. When you are frightened, you usually avoid water. I spend most of my time in the water every day. When I am submerged, I usually put my head out of the water to breathe every 3 or 5 minutes, but I can leave the water for about half an hour to breathe. Hippos are usually quiet. Once they get angry, they often fight. They each pierce each other's thick skin with sharp teeth. Sometimes when he gets angry in the river, he dares to overturn the boat and bite it in half.

morphological character

Hippo is the second largest mammal on land after elephant. It is big and stupid. Adult males have a body length of 350-450 cm, a tail length of 56 cm, and a weight of 3000-3500 kg, but they are relatively short, with extremely short limbs, and the shoulder height is only 140- 165 cm, which is less than half of that of elephants. Its head is very thick and its mouth is very big, which is bigger than the mouth of any animal on land and can be opened at a 90-degree angle. The teeth in the mouth are also very big. Front teeth and canine teeth are sharp teeth and are the main weapons of attack. The lower incisors do not grow upward, but extend parallel to the front like a shovel, 60-70 cm long and weighing 2-3 kg. The length of canine teeth is also about 75 cm. Eyes, nostrils, ear shells, etc. Are born at the top of the face, almost on the same plane. The skin is very thick, the thickness of the back and sides can reach 4-5 cm, which is dark brown and reddish purple, smooth and hairless, except for some hair on the mouth, inner ear and tail. There are four toes almost equal in size on the front and rear limbs. There are hooves between the toes, which are shaped like flat claws and slightly webbed between the toes.

A hippo is covered with a thick leather bag. Its skin is blue-black with brick-red stripes. Except for some short hair on the tail, there is almost no hair on my body. Hippo's skin is very thick, and there is a layer of fat inside, which makes it float effortlessly from the water. When hippopotamus is exposed to the air, the water on its skin evaporates much more than that of other mammals. Hippos don't have sweat glands on their skin, but they have other glands, which can secrete a reddish moist substance similar to sunscreen to prevent insect bites. Hippos can't stay out of water for long. For this reason, hippos must stay in water or wet habitats to prevent dehydration.

Breeding mode

Hippos mate in water, and there is no fixed breeding season. The pregnant period of females is 2 10-255 days, and they give birth in water, and each child gives birth to 1 offspring. Newborn cubs weigh 40-50 kg and can walk and swim within 5 minutes after birth. Mother hippo and her cubs become very fierce. After the cubs are born, the females will take care of them carefully, breast-feed them in the water, only let them move within sight, and patiently teach them to swim and roll to protect them from harm. In the next few months, females often leave the group life with their cubs because the cubs may be killed by fierce males or attacked by crocodiles. After 4-6 months, the young can eat grass, and the lactation period is about 1 year. The rearing period of offspring usually borne by females can be extended to 65438 08 months. The female is 7-9 years old and the male is 9- 1 1 year old, with a life span of about 30-40 years.

Female hippos usually live alone with their young hippos for two months and enjoy their family happiness quietly. Mother and son often lie quietly and rest, and the little hippo snuggles up to her mother's mouth. Sometimes, my mother wants to take it into the water because hippos can't get rid of the problem of how to stabilize their body temperature. If they stay on the shore for a long time, they have to go into the water to cool down. At this time, the little hippo skillfully climbed onto his mother's back or neck and dived into the water. The baby hippo needs to continue to eat. The female hippopotamus lies on her back, with one hind leg sticking out and her breasts exposed. When feeding in the river, the mother hippo will hold her breast with the other hind leg, massage constantly and stimulate the milk. Mosquitoes will fly in from time to time. These guys like scattered milk very much, and sometimes they rest around their nipples. So the mother hippo slapped the river with her big mouth and scared away the mosquitoes flying everywhere. When the baby hippo can go ashore by herself, the mother hippo will stop doting on it and let it dive by herself. Baby hippopotamus will inevitably fall when climbing ashore, so mother hippopotamus will hold it in her mouth and encourage it to get up by itself. The mother hippo does not condone the naughty game of the little hippo, and will block it with her huge body or simply "teach" it with her big mouth.