Hippos

Connor comes across a fact and then he explores it to the farthest possibility.  He reads, goes on line, watches tv on it.

Here is one of the latests facts that I started making fun of (not him, but the fact) but he made a believer out of me and I became obsessed with it.

If a lion and a hippo were in a fight together, who would be the winner?  The answer is a hippo....yes a hippo.  I said, "Yeah, those cute little ears sticking out of the water and that huge body that can't move faster than mud...that is going to kill a wild cat?"  It turns out that hippos are really mean animals.  We watched a few youtube videos and a tv show on it.  One hippo scared off like 10 lions that were on its back by turning and biting the whole head of one of the lions that was jumping on it.  They have really thick skin and a huge mouth with very dangerous teeth, apparently.  They are very territorial and will attack.  Plus when they have a bowel movement, they fan their tail and spray it all over the place in order to claim their territory. 

Connor made a believer out of me.  He is funny about his facts.

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