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Mar 10, 2011 · At sunset, they leave the water to graze, eating up to 110 pounds of grass each night. Aggression and dominance
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The surprisingly agile hippo climbs steep banks each night to graze on grass. They leave the water pool at night to graze for four to five hours, covering up to eight kilometers (five miles) of territory.
May 7, 2024 · Constantly renewed at night as the bulls go to pasture and during the day when they emerge and defecate on the heaps; Middens may reach as high as the hippo's anus; Ritualized dung-showering occurs between males at the borders of their territories.
- Kate Jirik
- 2016
Diet and Grazing Habits: Although hippos spend much of their time in water, they are primarily grazers, feeding on grass during the night. They can consume about 40 kg (88 lbs) of grass each night, traveling several kilometers to find sufficient food.
At night they will climb steep banks to graze on grass. They can get through around 100 pounds of grass in one night. This grazing goes on for most of the night, then, before sunrise, they head back into the waters and swamps to digest their food and for another day of lazing beneath the waters surface.
May 7, 2024 · Always graze and forage on land; consume few, if any, aquatic plants Spend day in water, night on land grazing 5-6 hours. Usually remain close (1-3 km or .6-1.9 mi) to home watercourse during nighttime feeding
Hippopotamuses have an interesting dietary behavior in that they graze mainly on land, but due to the fact that they are amphibious, they also consume aquatic plants. They feed mainly at night and during the cooler hours, avoiding direct sunlight as much as possible by seeking shade or mud wallows.
