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The hippopotamus looks like a slow, gentle river giant — but don't let the round body and tiny ears fool you. Hippos are one of Africa's most powerful and surprisingly fast animals, and their barrel-shaped silhouette, wide yawning mouth, and smooth, hairless skin make them one of the most immediately recognizable and fun-to-color safari animals in the collection.
Kids are always fascinated by the hippo's surprising facts — that they can run faster than a human, that their pink sweat acts as sunscreen, and that they spend most of their day underwater. This free hippo coloring sheet is the perfect launchpad for those conversations, and it works beautifully for African river habitat studies, safari unit projects, and alongside the elephant and rhino sheets for a complete large African mammal coloring experience.