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Having a thin epidermis (outer layer of
skin) and no sweat glands, the hippos lose water much
faster than other mammals and risk rapid dehydration
and overheating in hot daytime weather.
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It makes a grunting noise while
sweeping its bill from side to side when searching for
food in shallow water. It hunts by touch rather than
by sight.
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Crocodiles have a notch in the upper
jaw on each side which accommodates the fourth tooth
in the lower jaw when its mouth is closed.
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Our white handed gibbons are enjoying
an enrichment treat of seasonal soursop fruit.
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President Barack Obama and family visit the Honolulu Zoo on his recent holiday visit to Hawaii.
Director of Enterprise Services Sidney Quintal and Zoo
Director Manuel Mollinedo show President Obama, his
daughters Malia and Sasha, and other family and friends
around the Honolulu Zoo (January 3, 2011). Photo credit:
AP/Carolyn Kaster
President Barack Obama observes the White-Handed Gibbons
with daughter Sasha Obama and Xavier Nesbitt during their
visit to the Honolulu Zoo (January 3, 2011). Photo credit:
AP/Carolyn Kaster
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