Hippopotamus Coloring Pages - Free Printable Sheets
Huge hippopotamus coloring pages with a round, chunky body shape. Fun and easy for young artists â one of the simpler wild animals to color well.
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🌟 Amazing Facts About Hippopotamus
- Hippos appear to sweat blood — the reddish oily secretion is actually a natural sunscreen and antibiotic.
- Despite enormous bulk, hippos can run up to 30 km/h on land — faster than most humans.
- Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to protect their skin from the sun.
- The hippopotamus is responsible for more human deaths in Africa than lions or crocodiles.
- Despite resembling pigs, hippos are most closely related to whales and dolphins — lineages split 55 million years ago.
🖌 Coloring Tips
- 🎨Back and sides: distinctive dark grey-brown or dark purple-brown
- 🎨Lower belly, around the eyes, and mouth: pinkish-grey tone
- 🎨Add a very light wash of pink-red over the grey to suggest the blood-sweat effect on the face and ears
- 🎨Enormous wide-opening mouth: pink-red gums with large ivory-colored canine teeth; eyes and nostrils sit high on the flat head
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