Schleich Hippopotamus

Although hippopotamuses cannot swim particularly well, they spend nearly all day in the water. They cannot simply drift along, because they are just too heavy. If they wish to cross a river, they allow themselves to sink to the bottom and walk along the river bed to the other shore. Schleich manufacture amazingly wonderful accurate models of all sorts of animals, including this Hippopotamus model. This Schleich Hippopotamus has been beautifully hand painted to give wonderful role play to children and also makes a great collectors item for the nature enthusiast.