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[agrajag]

the russian word for hippo is behemoth. Pretty appropriate if you ask me.

 

[Phat Michael]

Little known fact . . . Hippos kill more people than Lions and other big cats.

its not little known. its well known and has been posted many times in this thread.

hippos are the greatest animals on earth.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Hope they do not invade America someday

They could hide in Wal-marts and we would never even notice them.

 

[Phat Michael]

They could hide in Wal-marts and we would never even notice them.

LOL!

 

[Protein]

Mother fucker looks like a graboid from Tremors.

 

[bjb]

Wait, does he have small teeth inside the back of his mouth?

 

[Dai101]

Wait, does he have small teeth inside the back of his mouth?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Description

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Description

Looks like some kind of dinosaur.

 

[iamaustrian]

The animal charged toward him, tossed him to the ground and eventually trampled him to death.


I'm sure this happens often. It's not like the hippo was hungry and ate him.

there were actually cases in the past where hippos and elephants ate human beings they killed.
The story of the man-eating elephant in india is horrifying. if I remember correctly some villagers killed it's partner or baby. after that the elephant went completly nuts, killed over a dozen of people and mauled them. they killed the maniac elephant and found huge chunks of human flesh in his stomache.

 

[Borgnine]

 

[hwalker84]

I believe they're responsible for more human deaths than any other animal in Africa.

That's correct.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Hippos are the #1 human killer in Africa's animal kingdom. A statistical fact (after mosquitoes)

jesus...

 

[fallagin]

Why do creatures that look so cute have to be dangerous as fuck?

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Taking a picture of a baby hippo..great job there.

 

[Mononofu]

Never forget.

 

[orioto]

I don't believe your lies..

 

[gdt]

Never forget.

fatter Reggie is that you?

 

[marrec]

I keep telling people my fear of hippos is completely reasonable but no they just keep making fun of me for it.

Who will be laughing when the hippos invade?

Not you my friend, not you.

 

[charsace]

Little known fact . . . Hippos kill more people than Lions and other big cats.

Its not little known. They also kill lions too. If elephants were half as aggressive as hippos we would be fucked.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

I keep telling people my fear of hippos is completely reasonable but no they just keep making fun of me for it.

Who will be laughing when the hippos invade?

Not you my friend, not you.

This made me giggle more than it probably should have, lol.

In all seriousness people need to respect nature. It's not always cute and cuddly.

 

[zero_suit]

They could hide in Wal-marts and we would never even notice them.

LMAO

 

[GungHo]

Hippo's don't look particularly aggressive creatures, maybe it was just trying to be friendly.

They're actually very aggressive if they perceive you're violating their territory. If you're near their water or their children and you surprise them or don't get the hell out of there after they've "warned you", they are going to kill you. Their yawn is a threat... they're not smiling at you, they aren't bored, nor are they hungry. It's just as serious as seeing a bull elephant stamp his feet and square off at you. If you ever go on safari and you see one look at you and then yawn, you need to turn around, get back in the jeep, and go somewhere else. They aren't going to stalk you like an elephant would, but they will remember they warned you and they won't give you the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Skilotonn]

Man, with the way the thread title was worded, I thought the guy jumped into their habitat in a zoo or something - guy got attacked outside of his hotel. Damn, what a way to go.