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CAT 2016 Verbal and Reading Comprehension

Question : 29

Total: 34

More and more land is being cleared for people to plant crops like cotton and tobacco, creating runoff downriver that silts up rivers and shrinks waterholes for Africa’s remaining hippo population.
Low-slung with big bellies, hippos appear awkward on land, but they are fast runners for their size (more than 9,000 pounds for some adult males) and. can cover great distances when defending their territory or searching for food.
Male hippos regularly take over a length of riverbank to establish mating territory
With a name derived from the Greek words for “river horse,’’ hippopotamuses are semi aquatic herbivores that live their lives in water, except for evening rituals when they follow well-worn paths up riverbanks to feeding grounds
Sometimes, these squatting rights result in fierce battles, during which the males bellow loudly and bare their huge canine teeth.

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