Q1- What have researchers long suspected about hippo ancestry ?
A1- because hippos have evolved from a family of plant eating and semi-aquatic mammals called the anthracotheres
Q2: Why could they not confirm it?
A2-the scientists could not confirm it because these animals have roamed the earth millions of years ago
Q3-what led Lihoreau and his team to search for hippo fossils?
A3- Lihoreau and his team found fossil jaw that made them curious where this came from. They investigated more about the fossil they found.
The fossil was believed to be related to modern day hippo. The fossil found millions of years ago was in close relationship to the modern animals like lions, tigers, zebra, jaguar and wolf.
How much do the weigh ? modern hippos weigh 4,000 pounds and ancient ones weigh 220 pounds.
Joshua,
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great questions on your article of the hippo
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