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Hulitherium

Hulitherium is a type of prehistoric animal that lived a long, long time ago. It was kind of like a big, hairy elephant mixed with a hippopotamus and a rhinoceros. But don't worry, it's not alive anymore.

Scientists have found its bones and studied them to learn more about what hulitherium was like. They think that it was about the size of a modern-day rhinoceros, but it had long, shaggy hair that would have made it look a little like a giant, fluffy mammoth.

Hulithereum would have lived in forests and grasslands, eating plants and roots with its big, broad teeth. It probably used its long, curved tusks to dig for food or defend itself from other animals.

Even though hulitherium is extinct now, studying its bones and fossils can teach us a lot about what life was like a long time ago and how different animals have evolved over time.
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