Hippo poop cycles silicon through the East African environment
The animals play an outsized role in pumping a nutrient crucial to the food web into waterways
HIPPOOPING Hippos consume silicon-bearing grass and then excrete into lakes or rivers, such as this one in Kenya’s Mara River.
Amanda Subalusky
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