Schleich Wildlife - HippopotamusThe beauty of Schleich figurines is that they can take any type of play and this realistic hippopotamus is ready to romp in the mud or in water or anywhere your child's imagination takes it! Although hippopotamuses cannot swim particularly well, they spend nearly all day in the water. They cannot simply drift along, because they're just too heavy. If they wish to cross a river, they allow themselves to sink to the bottom and walk along the river bed