WONDER #832: How Hungry Are Hippos?

Question 1 of 3

The hippo’s name comes from the Greek words for what?

  1. stubby legs
  2. river horse
  3. pig nose
  4. ugly cow

Question 2 of 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the three largest land mammals on Earth?

  1. elephant
  2. rhinoceros
  3. hippopotamus
  4. giraffe

Question 3 of 3

If an adult hippo weighed 7,000 pounds and ate 1% of its body weight in plants each day, how many pounds of plants would that be each day?

  1. 50
  2. 100
  3. 70
  4. 1,000

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