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.
Cincinnati Zoo staff have begun 24-hour critical care for a baby hippo that was born around six weeks early. The zoo said 17-year-old Bibi gave birth early on Tuesday to the first Nile hippo born there in 75 years. The female calf had not been expected until March and at only 29lb (13kg) it fell well below the normal range of birth weight of 55 to 120lb, the zoo said. It was unable to stand to nurse.