Hippos live in large groups of around 40 to 200 individuals. Though they are vegetarian, eating mainly grass, they are extremely territorial. When anyone, person or animal, shows up in their ...

All hippos, including pygmy hippos, produce this secretion. It doesn’t matter what they eat, their bodies produce this “red sweat.” When isolated, these two pigments are highly unstable.

As herbivores, hippos peacefully graze throughout the night, eating grasses and aquatic plants. However, they won’t hesitate ...

Eight years ago, officials at Nagasaki Bio Park in southwestern Japan posted a video of a hippo eating a watermelon to YouTube. Little did they know that people would soon start raving about the ...

Poppy was not eating a lot of solids at that time, because she was still nursing. Did you know hippo calfs may nurse under water? Iris is also fed hay, grain, other veggies and fruit. "The best way to ...