verb (used with object), trundled, trundling. 1. to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll. 2. to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle; wheel: The farmer trundled his produce to market in a rickety wagon.
Hippos are threatened by habitat loss and poachers who hunt them for their meat and teeth. A male hippopotamus is called a âbullâ. A female hippopotamus is called a âcowâ. A baby hippo is called a âcalfâ. A group of hippos in known as a âherdâ, âpodâ, âdaleâ or âbloatâ. Hippos typically live for around 45 years. Hippos eat mostly grass.
The name âhippopotamusâ comes from a Greek word meaning âwater horseâ or âriver horse.â But hippos are not related to horses at allâin fact, their closest living relatives may be pigs or whales and dolphins! There are two species of hippopotamus: the river, or common, hippo and the much smaller pygmy hippo. Hippos are definitely adapted for life in the water and are found living in slow-moving rivers and lakes in Africa.