39-40. 河馬 (2007)




品牌 (Brand):Papo
出品年份 (Release Year):2007
產品編號 (Item Number):50051 (公) / 50052 (仔)
尺寸 (Size):15.2 ×10.5cm (公) / 9.7 × 5.3cm (仔)
喜愛程度(10為滿分):❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤ (公) / ❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤ (仔)
產地 (Original):法(FR)

相比於Schleich,Papo的野生動物系列在水準上一直有相當大的落差,不是像雕塑藝術般的精品,就是慘不忍賭,實品和型錄往往有一定程度的落差,所以在沒看到其它人開箱前,本人是一律不敢安心下手採購。這組河馬父子就是其中的經典 (P社將於2014出閉嘴母河馬),張嘴仰天的姿態,油亮亮的膚質,垂墜的厚皮和屁股上的疣無一不生動寫實,唯一可惜的是大河馬口內塗裝層次稍嫌單薄,如能將獸牙加上黃色斑漬那就更棒了。


河馬 (資料來自於維基百科)
河馬(學名:Hippopotamus amphibius)的名字源自於希臘語「ιπποπόταμος」(英文名稱即hippopotamus,希臘語的hippos即「馬」,potamus即「河」),英文常縮寫成「hippo」,是源自非洲的大型草食性哺乳類動物,是生物分類法裡河馬科中的兩個延伸物種的其中一個 (另一個是倭河馬)。

河馬是群居動物,每群大約有40隻。壽命為40至50歲。雌性河馬在5至6歲時發情交配,妊娠期8月。鼻子有防水活動肉膜,所以能潛入水中30分鐘。河馬是半水生的,棲息在撒哈拉以南非洲的河裡或湖中,通常高達40頭以上的族群。白天的時候牠們會為了保持身體的清涼而待在水中或泥沼裡;公河馬具有領域性,繁殖及生產皆發生在公河馬掌控延伸的水域中。牠們會在傍晚的時候出水域來吃草。然而,雖然河馬在水中互相倚靠休息時會在水中的領域內,但吃草是屬單獨的活動,河馬在陸地上是沒有領域性的。

河馬肥胖的身軀沒有一根毛,也沒有汗腺,卻會分泌出一種紅色的黏性液體,保護皮膚免受脫水龜裂。河馬走路時不但邊走邊排下大小便,還會用尾巴把糞便撥向四周。在同類爭執中,河馬有時更會把糞便當作暗器撥向對方。不過河馬不雅的排便行為其實對生態很有裨益。其外型看來十分溫和,甚至有點滑稽,但事實上性格與其外型完全相反。河馬不僅凶殘而且十分暴躁,再加上領域性極強,任何動物接近,牠都會主動攻擊,是世界上最危險的生物之一。其跑步時速可達四十公里,是非洲每年殺死最多人的動物。由於河馬的巨大體型與攻擊性,它幾乎沒有天敵,連鱷魚與獅子都時常被其殺害。唯一的天敵是人類。


Hippopotamus (information from wikipedia)
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (ἱπποπόταμος), is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the pygmy hippopotamus). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago. The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around 60 million years ago. The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago.

The hippopotamus is semiaquatic, inhabiting rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps, where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of five to 30 females and young. During the day, they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grasses. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land.


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