African elephants is one of the largest of the 3 elephant species and can be as tall as 4m and weigh nearly 7-10 tons.African elephants have big ears that can be 6ft wide and have a trunk that can be 6ft long.Elephants are endangered because they are been killed for their tusks and poachers are selling them for thousands and thousands of dollars. Elephants eat grasses,and other vegetation and when they have a full stomach what goes in must comes out.They can produce 130kg poo everyday and it's also used for compost which is interesting.Elephants have the longest gestation period of any animal in the world.In the human world a women's pregnancy is only 9 months but an elephants pregnancy is 22 months.
White rhinos are the largest and numerous rhinoceros in the world and it's also the second biggest land mammal after the elephant.Adult bull males can weigh over 2 tons in weight and can be 13ft long and can have a horn up to 1.5-2m.There are about less than 300 white rhinos in the wild they are also been killed by poachers for their horns so they can make money.Last year the last javan rhino one of the rarest mammals on earth was extinct in vietnam.Rhinos will eat browse and other vegetation and after eating a lot of food the rhino will need to make it's way to the toilet.A pile of rhino dung is called midden and they will using the same spot if they need to go to the loo.
The hippopotamuses is the third biggest land mammal after the rhino and the elephant.They are members of this semi-aquatic lifestyle and are throught to be more closely related to whales.They grow up to 9ft long and weigh more than 3 tons.The enormous head of the hippopotamus has a huge gape that can stretch more than a metre and extents past 150 degrees and carry long tusk-like canine and incisor teeth.Why take chances with an animal that's been seen biting an adult male crocodile clean in half!.Hippos have been estimated to kill 200 people a year with whose terrible jaws. Males fight for dominance using their heads like sledgehammers delivering powerful blows that can drive their razor sharp incisors and long canine teeth deep into rival bull males. A single calf is underwater after a gestation period of 240 days-short for such a large mammal.The mother is fiercely protective and the calf has few natural predators apart from big cats and hyenas.The hippopotamus is the most dangerous animal on earth because any trespasser will quickly learn that it's one murderous mammal.But hippos have a dirty secret and it's truely disgusting.The hippos secret weapon is the result of it's diet.Every night a hippo puts alway over 100kg vegetation as it travels through it's massive intestines it starts churning breaking down into a smelly soup.By the end of it's journey the plant material has become a stinky green grenade ready to be thown at any rival that gets to close for comfort.