Hippos Are Huge - Read and Wonder Author:Jonathan London Hippos may make you laugh, but watch out! An acclaimed naturalist takes an exuberant look at these massive, swift, and super dangerous animals. — What?s the deadliest animal in Africa? It?s not the lion or the crocodile?it?s the hippopotamus! Hippos have razor-sharp tusks, weigh as much as fifty men, and can run twenty-five miles per hour! Follow... more » these hefty hulks as they glide underwater, play tug-of-war, swat balls of dung at one another, and nuzzle their young in the mud. Just don?t get too close?they could chomp you in two!« less