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.
A newborn baby hippopotamus rests next to its mother at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, March 5, 2014. The baby hippo born Feb. 24, is the first one born at the Zoo in the last 16 years. The baby hippo's sex has yet not been determined because zoo keepers must keep their distance from the protective mother.