Posted on 08/25/2013 10:43:24 AM PDT by zeestephen
“Mmmmm, crunchy on the outside with a soft, chewy center.”
The hippopotamus!
They share a lot of habitat in eastern Africa.
From a safe distance, a hippo looks dumb and really passive.
But, encroach on their territory, and they become psychopathically violent.
I saw underwater film that showed giant crocs swimming away at top speed any time a hippo came within 50 feet.
Apparently, just one hippo bite is so powerful it can literally cut a big croc in half.
Interestingly, in Africa, hippos kill many, many more humans than crocs do.
At night time, hippos leave the water and wander around on land, frequently into farmers fields.
When humans try to shoo them away, or accidentally block a hippo's pathway back to the water, a hippo, which usually weighs between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds, will just trample them.
They even attack humans who row by in small boats.
Perhaps most interesting of all, the hippo is not related to pigs.
Recent DNA tests show that whales are the closest natural ancestor of hippos.
Interesting information. Thank you for posting.
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