Hippopotamus is a very large mammal.From the point of view of feeding habits, hippopotamus belongs to omnivores.Generally speaking, hippos eat more grass, so they are mainly vegetarian animals.Hippopotamus's main food is aquatic plants, because of their very large size, so their appetite is also very large.In addition to aquatic plants, hippos sometimes eat terrestrial plants, but this is not the main diet of hippos.
Although hippos mainly eat grass, this does not mean that they do not eat meat at all. Sometimes hippos also "eat meat" to improve their diet.In fact, in some news reports, hippos can be seen hurting other animals.Hippos are large and aggressive, so very large animals may also be their food.In the report, antelope, Buffalo, wildebeest, zebra and smaller elephants are all possible food for hippos.When a hippopotamus kills an animal, the surrounding hippos will gather to eat the animal together.However, after all, hippopotamus meat eating is a low-frequency behavior, not particularly common.In fact, even vegetarian animals may eat meat, this phenomenon is not only hippopotamus, antelope, cattle, deer and other animals that mainly eat grass sometimes eat meat.
As mentioned above, the main food of the hippopotamus is aquatic plants.Compared with animals, grasses are a kind of food with low nutrition.Therefore, hippos need to eat a lot of grass if they want to provide enough energy for themselves.Therefore, the habitat of hippopotamus is generally in the place where the grass is lush, and many hippopotamuses inhabit the place where the grass is abundant.In addition to aquatic plants, hippos sometimes eat terrestrial plants, and sometimes eat larger woody plants.Hippos eat mainly grass, but sometimes they eat meat.The antelope, Buffalo, wildebeest, zebra and small elephant mentioned above may become the food of hippopotamus, and some carrion and carcass may also become their food.
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