Hippos’ Constant Defecating Turns African Pools into Communal …
2021年12月6日 · 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 the congregating animals. This “meta-gut,” as the researchers termed it, could have major impacts on the hippos’ ecosystems.
Pooping hippos create ‘community guts’ in African ponds
2021年12月1日 · A new study of hippos in Africa finds that when the animals defecate into the large pools they wade and swim in, they effectively create a poolwide “microbiome,” sharing gut bacteria with their comrades.
Hippos’ Constant Defecating Turns African Pools into …
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 ...
Hippos' constant defecating turns African pools into communal guts
2021年12月8日 · 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 the...
Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die
2018年5月16日 · To translate: Hippos sometimes poop so much that all the fish choke to death. At night, hippos wander into grasslands to graze. During the day, they return to rivers to keep cool and protect...
Poopy hippo pools become their ‘meta-gut’ - Futurity
2021年12月8日 · In the pools of water with high accumulations of hippo feces, referred to as “high subsidy” pools, the researchers found a “screamingly high” concentration of methane gas, Dutton says.
The Meta-Gut: Conservational Clues Provided by Hippo Poop
Thousands of hippos in Kenya’s Mara River Valley excrete an estimated 9.3 tons of feces each day. This waste contains gut microbiomes with trillions of bacteria and archaea, which may even function outside the animal itself.
Hippo pools brimming with poo act as communal "probiotic shakes"
2021年12月9日 · Bold new research has plumbed the depths of poo-packed hippo pools and found they constitute a type of "meta-gut," in which microbes might be shared between the hippos to their benefit, kind of...
Hippos poop a lot of silica, and that’s critical for Africa’s rivers ...
2019年5月2日 · By chomping on large amounts of silica-rich grass at night, then defecating into the Mara River during the day, hippos help move silicon from land to the water — something that’s vital for the health of the river and lakes further downstream, a new study has found.
Discover Why Hippos Spray Their Poop Like a Fast Sprinkler
2023年11月13日 · 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.
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