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As herbivores, hippos peacefully graze throughout the night, eating grasses and aquatic plants. However, they won’t hesitate to attack anything that threatens their space, food, or young.

Besides hippos eat around 50 kilograms of plants a day. That’s a heavy toll on the local vegetation. “They are strongly affecting the ecosystems of the Middle Magdalena,” said Jimenez.