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What do hippos eat? The main source of food for the Hippo is the short grass.

You will find a group of Hippos living in the lakes and rivers. There are two species of Hippos and they prefer different types of habitat.

The females can be ready to breed around three or four years of age. The males seven or eight years old.

The only real predators to be concerned with are alligators and crocodiles.

There is a dominant male in the herd that is allowed to control what the females will do.

The majority of Hippo’s that live in the wild are found in Africa. Hippos seem to do very well in captivity.

Hippos are known to be very aggressive towards both of these types of animals.

The males are larger than the females but both sexes are very heavy and the mouth as well as the teeth of a Hippo are very large.