Dr. Rebecca Lewison

Yeah, we think they live around 30 to 40 years in the wild. And in captivity, they can live quite a bit longer.

Yeah, we think they live around 30 to 40 years in the wild. And in captivity, they can live quite a bit longer.

Yeah, we think they live around 30 to 40 years in the wild. And in captivity, they can live quite a bit longer.

Okay, so memory said they are incredible head to toe. So they have incredible stomachs. So anyone who's like fascinated by stomachs, there's not going to be a very large slice of listeners, but

Okay, so memory said they are incredible head to toe. So they have incredible stomachs. So anyone who's like fascinated by stomachs, there's not going to be a very large slice of listeners, but

Okay, so memory said they are incredible head to toe. So they have incredible stomachs. So anyone who's like fascinated by stomachs, there's not going to be a very large slice of listeners, but

They have all this interesting stomach structures that actually is similar to what cows have. They are not ruminants, but they do have this like blind sack. They have like this three chambered stomach, but they do something similar to ruminants. So they don't have like cud, but they keep things in their stomach a really long time.

They have all this interesting stomach structures that actually is similar to what cows have. They are not ruminants, but they do have this like blind sack. They have like this three chambered stomach, but they do something similar to ruminants. So they don't have like cud, but they keep things in their stomach a really long time.

They have all this interesting stomach structures that actually is similar to what cows have. They are not ruminants, but they do have this like blind sack. They have like this three chambered stomach, but they do something similar to ruminants. So they don't have like cud, but they keep things in their stomach a really long time.

And I think that gets to your question, like way more than elephants are like conveyor belts. It goes in and it goes out. And if you see an elephant poop, I don't know who has, but you'll notice like, oh, I know what that is. It looks just like what they just took in. But for hippos, not so. So it really breaks down a lot so that this three-chambered stomach has this ability to extract resources.

And I think that gets to your question, like way more than elephants are like conveyor belts. It goes in and it goes out. And if you see an elephant poop, I don't know who has, but you'll notice like, oh, I know what that is. It looks just like what they just took in. But for hippos, not so. So it really breaks down a lot so that this three-chambered stomach has this ability to extract resources.

And I think that gets to your question, like way more than elephants are like conveyor belts. It goes in and it goes out. And if you see an elephant poop, I don't know who has, but you'll notice like, oh, I know what that is. It looks just like what they just took in. But for hippos, not so. So it really breaks down a lot so that this three-chambered stomach has this ability to extract resources.

So even though 50 to 100 pounds sounds a lot for wild hippos, like you said, they're size of a VW bus. And so they're using this three-chambered stomach structure to extract all the nutrients and keep things in their stomach kind of a long time.

So even though 50 to 100 pounds sounds a lot for wild hippos, like you said, they're size of a VW bus. And so they're using this three-chambered stomach structure to extract all the nutrients and keep things in their stomach kind of a long time.

So even though 50 to 100 pounds sounds a lot for wild hippos, like you said, they're size of a VW bus. And so they're using this three-chambered stomach structure to extract all the nutrients and keep things in their stomach kind of a long time.

So they're about like 2,500 to 3,000 pounds. In the wild.

So they're about like 2,500 to 3,000 pounds. In the wild.

So they're about like 2,500 to 3,000 pounds. In the wild.

Really, really quite a bit smaller. Yeah.

Really, really quite a bit smaller. Yeah.