The hippopotamus, also shortened to hippo, further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus.
The hippopotamus is a very aggressive wild creature and is the deadliest large land mammal on the planet. It is estimated that hippo attacks kill 500 people each year in Africa. It is not only their size and weight that makes them dangerous, but also their very sharp teeth!
Hippos are known to attack and eat animals like wildebeests, zebras and kudus, as well as other hippos in cases of cannibalism, according to AZ Animals. They also steal meat from other predators.
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus
40 – 50 years
During the day, hippos remain cool by staying in water or mud, emerging at dusk to graze on grasses. While hippos rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos typically do not display territorial behaviour on land. It feeds mostly at night, coming on land to eat mainly grass.Hippos carry around a great deal of unrequited anger from hurtful experiences in their youth, and although they're generally peaceful
Hippopotamidae
1-4.5T
Hippos are still found in the rivers and lakes of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, north through to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan, west to The Gambia, and south to South Africa.
Grasses comprise the bulk of their diet—a hippo eats up to 110 pounds of grass per night. Considering their size, they consume a relatively small amount of food—just 1 to 1.5% of their body weight per day. This is mainly due to their sedentary lifestyle.
