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Hippos drink water from the rivers where they live. Hippos are almost completely herbivorous, and eat grasses, as well as fallen fruit and a small amount of aquatic plants. The eat about 150 lb per day, and take four or five hours each night to do that.
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∙ 12y agohippos eat plants because they are herbavores.
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∙ 9y agoHippos live in freshwater, rivers, streams and lakes.
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∙ 9y agoThere are a few carnivorous plants in the world. However, these plants are only large enough to eat insects. There are no carnivorous plants big enough to eat a human, let alone a hippo.
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∙ 9y agoHippos actually graze mainly on land where they will eat grasses, especially the tender shoots of new grass. In the water they will sometimes eat the reeds that grow near the shore.
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What types of food do hippos eat in the wild?
Hippos eat grass and water plants.
What does a hippo in Kenya eat?
Hippos are herbivores and eat plants/grasses. Hippos are also "opportunist carnivores". Meaning most of the time they are herbivores. However if they need to, for example if there is a food shortage, hippos have been known to scavenge dead animals or attack, drown and eat animals wandering close to water sources. Including humans. Hippos are also known to be cannibals, sometimes eating unwanted babies.
What do pygmy hippos eat?
They eat plants.
Are hippos carnivore ore herbivore?
Hippos are omnivores because they eat both plants and animals.
Do hippos eat plants?
yes
What plants do hippos eat?
lilly pads
Do hippos eat anything other than grass?
their diet consists mainly of grass and some water plants
Do hippo eat fish?
Hippos can eat fish because they are ominvores.
Is the hippopotamus carnivores?
Hippos are not normally carnivorous. They mostly eat plants, and by and large act as herbivores. Hippos are omnivorous though, and can become opportunistic predators. In times of drought, Hippos have been known to scavenge dead animals, hunt and kill animals to eat, and even have had bouts of cannibalism.
What kind of plants do hippos eat?
grass any flower
Do elephants eat hippos?
Hippos only eat plants, because they are herbivores. Any animals they kill are out of self defense. Although they can kill even lions or crocodiles, they would not be able to kill an elephant.
Do hippopotamus only eat plants?
Yes but no. Hippos only eat meat when they have defend them selves, but if nothing is bothering them they eat river plants.
