True Facts: Hippopotamus

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Citations

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Dudley, J.P., Hang’Ombe, B.M., Leendertz, F.H., Dorward, L.J., de Castro, J., Subalusky, A.L. and Clauss, M. (2016), Carnivory by hippos and ecology of anthrax. Mammal Review, 46: 191-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12056

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McCauley, D. J., T. E. Dawson, M. E. Power, J. C. Finlay, M. Ogada, D. B. Gower, K. Caylor, W. D. Nyingi, J. M. Githaiga, J. Nyunja, F. H. Joyce, R. L. Lewison, and J. S. Brashares. 2015. Carbon stable isotopes suggest that hippopotamus-vectored nutrients subsidize aquatic consumers in an East African river. Ecosphere 6(4):52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00514.1

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Maust-Mohl, M., Soltis, J., & Reiss, D. (2018). Underwater click train production by the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) suggests an echo-ranging function, Behaviour, 155(2-3), 231-251. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003484

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