Hippos have been known to engage in cannibalism
Hippos
Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
jlow@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Love that the picture description underneath is saying (in German) “Hippo returning home” 😸
flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Yeah, pretty cute! Especially with the expression it got on its face ❤️
pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Also great that the source is being listed, proving that it is not an AI generated image
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I remember this thing in NPR about the kind of grudges male hippos make.
The story was about a tour guide that would take people down the Nile (iirc,) and there was this one particular hippo that would come out and be a dick every time he was on the water.
Well, this guy moves away for whatever reason. The hippo goes away, stops bothering people.
Then the dude came back, like years later, doing guided tours again. Asshole hippo is on the water and tries to kill him again. Like. Flips the boat then drags the dude under. I forget if the hippo let him go or got shot or whatever, but yeah.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you go buy money if people killed, hippos aren’t anywhere near there most dangerous animals in the world.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 months ago
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Why would I go and buy money? What would I buy it with?
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Goods and services.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 months ago
Currency speculation/forex didn’t start with Bitcoin
InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yes
4oreman@lemy.lol 2 months ago
wholesome.
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That one looks stoned af
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I remember when a hippo ate a dwarf. They will definitely eat you if they can.
gentooer@programming.dev 2 months ago
Cows eat birds.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So do horses. They’ll gobble down a little chick if one walks past when they’re grazing. The most disturbing thing I’ve seen though was when a pelican swallowed a live seagull whole.
TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Hungry hungry hippos.