Credits
Work Cited-
Barklow, William E. "Amphibious communication with sound in hippos, Hippopotamus amphibius." Animal behaviour 68.5 (2004):1125-1134.
Clausen, Steven. “Host preferences of tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) based on bloodmeal identifications.” Medical & Veterinary Entomology; Apr98, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p169-180, 12p.
“HIPPO - Hippopotamus amphibius.” South Africa Explored. South African Wildlife. http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/wildlife_hippo.htm
“Hippopotamus.”African Wildlife. http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/hippopotamus
“Hippo's sweat mystery is finally revealed.” Online Science and Culture. May 2004. Prauda. 8 April 2007. <http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/05/27/54157.html>Lewison, Rebecca W. "Exploring behavior of an unusual megaherbivore: a spatially explicit foraging model of the hippopotamus." Ecological modelling 171.1/2 (2004):127-138.
Saikawa, Yoko. "Synthesis of hipposudoric and norhipposudoric acids: the pigments responsible for the color reaction of the red sweat of Hippopotamus amphibius." Tetrahedron letters 47.15 (2006):2535.
Schwarm, A.. "Digestion studies in
captive Hippopotamidae: a group of large ungulates with an unusually low
metabolic rate." Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition 90.7/8
(2006):300-367.
About Me
My name is Lisa Frisch and I am a freshman at UW-La Crosse. This webpage was made for Bio 203. As of now, I am majoring in Biology and Spanish, and hopefully I will go on to medical school, but I'm unsure of exactly what job I want. I chose the hippo as my organism because at the zoo I never saw them doing anything so I wanted to know what their life in the wild was like. Although they are not very fun to watch, they are still interesting because of the adaptations they have made to conserve energy and be able to hear above and below water at the same time. It's also interesting that the whale is its closest relative because they look nothing alike.