Hippos are not cute. They are Africa's deadliest killer. They also like to spray their poop like a sprinkler.

Jan 26, 2022 · A new study working to rectify this lack of knowledge has now discovered that hippos don't like strangers – to the extent that they'll spray the area with poop at the mere sound of strange hippo voices.

Nov 13, 2023 · Hippo poop — when it builds up — cuts off oxygen levels and leaves behind chemicals that can be harmful to wildlife, such as fish. To help spread their poop — and signals — far and wide, the hippo will use its tail as a propellor to fling the poop around it.

Dec 6, 2021 · Hippopotamuses can eat nearly 100 pounds of food daily — and, as a result, they fill the pools where they spend much of their lives with huge amounts of poop. All that excrement, new research has found, turns the pools into extensions of the hippos’ guts, as bacteria and other microbes expelled into the water survive and are shared among ...

How Does a Hippopotamus Poop? Most of the time, hippos poop while still in the water. During defecation, the male hippopotamus spins its tail to spray its poop all around the place. This showcasing helps the male hippo gain the attention of the …

Jan 24, 2022 · In a new study, published Monday (Jan. 24) in the journal Current Biology, researchers observed hippos at the Maputo Special Reserve in Mozambique and found that the animals recognize and respond...

May 17, 2018 · The phenomenon was clocked when researchers noticed dead fish sometimes left behind on the banks when a river rose due to rainfall. Through a series of tests that took several years to complete, researchers were able to identify …

May 16, 2018 · Through an increasingly bold set of experiments, involving remote-controlled boats, computer simulations, a makeshift dam, and vast tankers of excrement-filled water, Dutton and Subalusky...

Hippos spray their poop to mark their territory and communicate with one another. This is referred to as “dung showering” or “faecal raining,” and it involves the hippo rapidly twirling its tail while defecating, causing the faeces to fly in all directions.

A dominant male hippopotamus uses his tail like a propeller to spread his feces (poop) around so other males don't try to horn in on his territory. Bonus fact: Humans don't have tails, but we have a small bone at the bottom of our spine called the coccyx (cok-siks).