Hungry hippos bite on an ELEPHANT carcass despite being herbivores in Botswana
Hungry hippos devour an ELEPHANT carcass despite being herbivores with one of the salivating beasts seen tucking in to the trunk in Botswana A bloat of hippos have been spotted nibbling on the dead body of an elephant in Botswana in southern Africa Despite normally being herbivores, these hippos were spotted trying to chomp through the dead animal Photographer Brice Petit explained that elephant stomachs carry 70 per cent undigested vegetables This sometimes leads to hippos waiting round a carcass - though they don't normally try to eat their way in
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A bloat of hippos have been caught ignoring their herbivore instincts and tucking into the carcass of a dad elephant that lay along a river in southern Africa.
In an unusual turn of events, photographer Brice Petit, 42, was visiting the Chobe River in Botswana back in October when he spotted the hippos nibbling on the dead animal.
It is believed the elephant died of natural causes, and Brice, who also works as a laboratory technician, said: 'When we arrived with our boat on the spot, vultures and marabou stork were already inspecting the carcass together with two big male lions that were trying to keep the
