Table of Contents Water Birth page 4 Learning from mom page 10 Grazing and Growing page 16 Making it Big page 20 Habitat in Focus page 28 Fun Facts page 29 Glossary page 30 further Reading page 32 Index page 32
Water Birth Did you know most baby hippos are born underwater First a baby hippo grows in its mother's belly for eight months Then it is time for the baby to be born The mother hippo leaves the herd She gets ready to have her calf Mother hippos find a safe place to give birth
Soon the mother hippo's baby is born It swims to the water's surface to breathe The calf quickly swims up for its first breath of air
