verb (used with object), trundled, trundling. 1. to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll. 2. to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle; wheel: The farmer trundled his produce to market in a rickety wagon.
Hippos are threatened by habitat loss and poachers who hunt them for their meat and teeth. A male hippopotamus is called a âbullâ. A female hippopotamus is called a âcowâ. A baby hippo is called a âcalfâ. A group of hippos in known as a âherdâ, âpodâ, âdaleâ or âbloatâ. Hippos typically live for around 45 years. Hippos eat mostly grass.
They spend all day in the water and then hunt for food at night. They are very social and hang out in groups called schools, bloats, pods or sieges. Schools of hippos usually consist of 10 to 30 members of both females and males. Some documented groups of hippos have had as many as 200 members.