I don't think Hippo's "eat people" They eat plants, but they do kill people by drowning them, and they also kill Crocs by bashing their skulls in, but I don't believe they ever eat them.

Hippos kill more people than any other animal in Africa.

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Hippos are bad ass and most people don't know it. I think the only other animal that kills more people is dogs.

Too fat / Omaha

Hippos are not to be ****ed with. The saying in Africa is, "Never get between a hippo and his territorial waters." They'll be picking you up with a sponge.

Funny that two of the more docile looking animals are the most dangerous. The Hippo and the Cape Buffalo.

I saw a doc once on South American hippos. A drug lord brought them down to have on his property, he died or got arrested, and now they live in a river there sort of wild.

The water even looks disgusting.

I mean -- who else wouldn't enjoy hanging around in water all day, while bathing in your own shit getting a tan?

That sounds magnificent!

Agreed. And if I could ever pass gas like that hippo in the video, sign me up now!

Hippos will kill other hippos, too. I've seen video where a juvenile comes to close to an adult male and he just grabs it in his mouth and shakes it all around until it dies.

I was at a zoo that had an underwater viewing area of the hippo habitat, and I thought it was hilarious because it's just a murky, greenish-yellow tub of shit and piss. And the accompanying sign explained that all accurately.

It was my favorite exhibit.

Hippo's and Cp'ers are like two peas in a pod. A bunch of gasbags that can't stop flinging poo.

I wonder how many pounds of pressure are behind those jaws everytime it locks down a bite?

I know crocs have like 2000lbs of pressure everytime their jaws clamp. Those pounds of pressure is equivalent to having an elevator filled with 8-10 people.

I saw that documentary. It was one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen.