12 Baby Hippo Pictures That Will Make You Smile In Ways You Never Knew Possible

The hippos are a species that's been around for 55 millions years, so they know a thing or two about living. They are originally from Sub-Sahara Africa and the name actually means River Horse . Such a fitting name for an animal who loves water so much. Some other cool facts about hippos you might want to know before dwelling on the gallery is that hippopotamus are the third largest land mammal on our planet. YUP, only elephants and the white rhino are bigger. Another thing you never knew about them was that hippos are actually related to whales and dolphins, and not to rhinos as most people think.