To: george76
"biggest land predator on Earth. " Um, I think I know a few Hippos that might take issue with that statement. Hippos kill FAR MORE humans each year than all the bear species combined.
To: OldDeckHand
Um, I think I know a few Hippos that might take issue with that statement. Hippos kill FAR MORE humans each year than all the bear species combined. I don't think vegetarians count as predators, besides, HUMANS kill far more humans every year than all the other animals on earth combined.
The difference being that usually we don't do it to eat each other, so we don't count it as predation...
10 posted on
08/26/2010 10:36:05 AM PDT by
null and void
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To: OldDeckHand
Perhaps Hippos are considered river predators.
11 posted on
08/26/2010 10:37:18 AM PDT by
luvbach1
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To: OldDeckHand
Hippos are not a predator. They may kill but they don’t eat meat.
12 posted on
08/26/2010 10:37:26 AM PDT by
thackney
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To: OldDeckHand
I think they mean ‘predator’ as in kill to eat not just kill per se
16 posted on
08/26/2010 10:39:18 AM PDT by
SMARTY
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To: OldDeckHand
Hippos don't kill to eat, so they're not predators.
They kill because people annoy them.
17 posted on
08/26/2010 10:42:01 AM PDT by
dead
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To: OldDeckHand
Aren’t grizzlies bigger than polar bears, also?
24 posted on
08/26/2010 10:55:07 AM PDT by
Flightdeck
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