The large semi- Aquatic mammal known as the hippopotamus travels in groups of about ten to thirty with one dominant male called a bull and can be found in the rivers and lakes across Sub-Saharan Africa close to grasslands for easy access to the its main food resource, grass. The temperatures of the areas that the hippopotamus occupies are on average 25°C reaching lows of about 18°C and highs of about 30°C. Occasionally, hippopotamuses can be found sleeping on mud banks, grouped closely together; in contrast to the typical water bodies that hippopotamuses sleep their days in. Additionally, they can also be located in the seasonal wetlands where they wade through swampy waters by day and graze on islands by night. Also,The water that the hippopotamus
