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is a hippopotamus man eating animal?
They do not eat people. They are vegetarians. But they ARE extremely territorial and will defend themselves, aggressively, if approached.

Hippos are usually herbivores, which means that they eat no meat. The hippo diet consists mainly of grasses. Hippos love grass and it is their number one nutrition source. Hippos will also eat most plants, and occasionally eat aquatic plants. Rarely, hippos have been seen eating carcasses of dead animals. There are also reports of hippos eating other animals and even other hippos (cannibalistic behaviour) but this has very very rarely been observed. The hippo stomach is not suited to eating meat and it is only done in rare circumstances.


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