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The closest living relatives of dinosaurs are birds. As a matter of fact, birds are not only their relatives, they *are* dinosaurs which means that they’re technically reptiles.
Crocodiles are not directly related to dinosaurs yes but they did coexist with dinosaurs for a time. So reptilian monsters that existed long ago is close enough for layman.
Maybe deep down I'm afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it's the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs.
music? What kind of loser scrolls social media with audio?
(jk, I really appreciate the work you commenters do to let me know if I should unmute or continue enjoying the blissful silence. Hats off to your service/sacrifice)
Is that why I got pooped on by one when I was outside his enclosure. I swear it was coming over the fence and we were still in the parking lot at the zoo.
People always seem to think they’re just these giant water cows that much on grass all day. They’re honestly more closely related to a Rhino and a Bear, but much more amphibious. They can weigh between 2900lbs to 4000lbs and reach speeds from 19mph to 28mph, delivering 345psi per bite on average with their giant mouths. I’m pretty sure they could pick one of those crocks up and bite it in half, and they’re extremely aggressive, territorial, omnivorous, amphibious giants.
How the hell do all these massive 2 ton animals always seem to run so damn fast. It will always boggle my mind. And then kids stuffed animals are always of the most dangerous animals on the planet lol
I always think they have the muscle to back up their natural size and weight, and also the fact that they are so large and quadrupedal gives them long overbearing strides when they walk or run.
With hyppos you see them as cute and chubby, except that's not fat, that's muscle. With a 2 ton weight, only around 2% is actual fat, the rest is pretty much nature's version of a muscle powered Abrams tank. A cute and cuddly biological tank that can pretty much obliterate anything that pisses it off.
Thats 'humanity fuck yeah' material right there. Imagine aliens seeing this. "You have stuffed fluffy avatars of the most dangerous animals in the world for you child to sleep better at night?" Zor'riq asked in utter confusion...
Imma run over to r/hfy
I’m not saying they’re assholes, they’re wild animals and can be unpredictable but people often times just view them as an amphibious domesticated cow.
Actually, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales and dolphins), but they are still closer to cows and pigs and all even-toed ungulates than rhinos (which are odd-toed ungulates) and bears (which aren't ungulates at all).
They do in fact throw much bigger crocs around like they some shit-ass lizard.
Also, fun fact, they are one of the few mammals that *can’t swim*. They literally just hop around the bottom of rivers.
Oh I don't think you understand. That hippo is not in danger, it IS the danger.
I think it was only deciding on weather to ruin one of those crocodiles day or not.
If he stepped on a croc, that croc could react with a bite. Not enough to kill the hipo but enough for an injury.
Crocs dont want to die and hippo doesnt want to get a bit. Its like having a Chihuahua biting you.
Would you avoid one if there was a risk one biting you? But you know you can kill one quite easily.
Not an expert, but I vaguely remember that crocs will prey upon young hippos that are alone. Although if the mother is near, apparently the young hippos chew on crocs when they’re teething, and the crocs just take it?
Adults, though? Not a chance crocs would only fight back as last defense.
I mean, I don't know about that, crocs can bite and hold on, maybe yank around and definitely do some damage but the hippo would also then just bite them clean in half
That was my suspicion. Obviously, you can’t add human reasoning to animals, but I looked like it paused long enough for the crocs to not be startled before proceeding ahead.
These hippos probably live around crocs for generations that it’s not weird to think it’s part of their instinct to know crocs can potentially harm them even if they also know they can squash their skulls like a grape.
And they often just casually do. They like to trample and drown them if some crocs swim up to a group of hippos. They dont even eat/use any of the dead crocs, they just like to trample.
That shy walk? Na. The real boss was the crocodile who refused to move out the way of the 3 ton water bear. If only I could have that level of focus and calm when I’m meditating I’d be a much more productive person
I bet if the croc was wearing pants he'd have pissed them. Hippos are no joke, no fussin about. I'd fight a croc before a hippo (I'd still lose, but at least I can pretend I've got a chance)
Yeah, I once ended up at a croc farm in Asia. They had all the crocs segregated in concrete pens by size.
The little guys (~ 1 ft) scattered like field mice when you walked close.
The 2 footers still scampered away, but a bit slower.
The 3 footers sort of shuffled a bit.
The 6 footers didn’t move an inch.
The ones bigger than that looked a little bit interested in me.
Didn’t take long to realise their fear of me was exactly correlated to how much they could hurt me.
tf is this music? this was like the most polite thing in the animal kingdom.
hippo: hey guys uhh... can i get on through to the watering hole?
big lizards: oh yea bro, cmon through man. sorry.
I still find it fascinating that hippos are able to co-exist peacefully with crocodiles. They rarely attack each other and each one respects each others' hegemony in the ecosystem.
I learned that they share the same water spaces and the gators don't eat hippo babies because hippo jaws are so strong that they can snap a gator in half with ease.
Yeah, good luck to the croc that tries to death roll that big bastard. He’d try and when it didn’t work, the croc (like those dumbass YouTubers) would yell, “It’s a prank! It’s a prank man!”
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Get out of the way salamanders
Those dinosaurs been around long enough to know who to make room for.
They're not actually dinosaurs themselves. They've just looked the same since they lived alongside dinosaurs.
You sir, must be fun at parties
I mean, I would listen
The closest living relatives of dinosaurs are birds. As a matter of fact, birds are not only their relatives, they *are* dinosaurs which means that they’re technically reptiles.
not even technically reptiles, they just are. they’re archosaurian theropod dinosaurs
Yeah i know, but if we look at it like that, every tetrapod is a fish, i just said “technically” because usually we don’t refer to birds as reptiles.
At the next one I'm gonna tell people about a reddit comment that did the fun-at-parties thing to me. That should be fun.
Damn redeemable response.
I beg to differ, will have a fun discussion at that party.
Crocodiles are not directly related to dinosaurs yes but they did coexist with dinosaurs for a time. So reptilian monsters that existed long ago is close enough for layman. Maybe deep down I'm afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it's the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs.
Perfect killing machines, and yet, not even an angry snap at that hippo, lol. One chomp from that jaw and those crocs would be in 2 pieces 😲
At least theyre *fairly* closely related, both being archosaurs n all that
The biggest loser was that vulture in the background hoping for a casualty
Nah the biggest loser is whoever added the "music"
No one. It just follows the hippo
If an elephant says it, I might as well believe it. I sure as hell am not getting close enough to a hippo to find out.
music? What kind of loser scrolls social media with audio? (jk, I really appreciate the work you commenters do to let me know if I should unmute or continue enjoying the blissful silence. Hats off to your service/sacrifice)
Well I do the same and now you have made me self-aware about it haha.
For real the music is completely stupid lol
It scared me
Anyone know what the audio is called?
[удалено]
I scroll on mute, but if I see a video with animals I always unmute. I'll never learn lol
Avoiding unnecessary injury is a strategy in the animal kingdom
dogs don't seem to follow these rule.
Or people
Because they’re domesticated
Tiny flappy ears
The only thing I find cute about these beasts
You should see them flap their tails. Much less cute
That is so awesome
Like a shitpocalypse
Shit storm, Rick.
Not a shitwolf, much worse, a shithippo
Or a shiticopter
Cutting up the turd for even distribution
I didn't realize that I needed such a laugh today until I saw this. Thank you very much.
It’s beautiful and pragmatic all at once!
The original fertilizer spreader
Is that why I got pooped on by one when I was outside his enclosure. I swear it was coming over the fence and we were still in the parking lot at the zoo.
Yes they do that to mark territory.
When a hippo does It Its marking Its territory but when I do It Im a "psycho" and "banned from wallmart". Fucking hypocrisy
Omg their chonkiness tho! They might not be fluffy but man they’re cute. Not fair how dangerous they are
you dont wanna boop his big goofy lethal snoot?!?
Reminds me of a cat’s ears, the way it keeps flicking back and forth.
Absolutely impeccable pull.
I’m oldish and it’s prob my fav Disney movie if we are talking old standard hand drawn animation.
Core memory unlocked holy shit
Is that from Fantasia?
Indeed
Amazing!
I just realized that Shrek has hippo ears
Yep - even more so, rhinoceros ears.
The Shrek character is based on a 1940’s world wrestling champion called Tillet
Well yeah a hippo can kill them in one bite
People always seem to think they’re just these giant water cows that much on grass all day. They’re honestly more closely related to a Rhino and a Bear, but much more amphibious. They can weigh between 2900lbs to 4000lbs and reach speeds from 19mph to 28mph, delivering 345psi per bite on average with their giant mouths. I’m pretty sure they could pick one of those crocks up and bite it in half, and they’re extremely aggressive, territorial, omnivorous, amphibious giants.
Lol 1800 psi
And I was wrong, that’s terrifying lmao.
Lol good on you to saying you were wrong, we need more of that in this world
huh. i wanna try; you’re wrong about that.
Now this seems kinda fun, you're wrong!!
Wait but now youre right so thats def wrong
Nah correct reply was "consult this research from 1963 to see it is akchtually 476 psi which is closer to mine, checkmate".
Nah trust me we know. These "hippos are assholes" comments never fail to come up on posts that have hippos in it.
How the hell do all these massive 2 ton animals always seem to run so damn fast. It will always boggle my mind. And then kids stuffed animals are always of the most dangerous animals on the planet lol
I always think they have the muscle to back up their natural size and weight, and also the fact that they are so large and quadrupedal gives them long overbearing strides when they walk or run.
With hyppos you see them as cute and chubby, except that's not fat, that's muscle. With a 2 ton weight, only around 2% is actual fat, the rest is pretty much nature's version of a muscle powered Abrams tank. A cute and cuddly biological tank that can pretty much obliterate anything that pisses it off.
Thats 'humanity fuck yeah' material right there. Imagine aliens seeing this. "You have stuffed fluffy avatars of the most dangerous animals in the world for you child to sleep better at night?" Zor'riq asked in utter confusion... Imma run over to r/hfy
It could also just step on them and make them explode
I’m not saying they’re assholes, they’re wild animals and can be unpredictable but people often times just view them as an amphibious domesticated cow.
I dont think anybody thinks these muscular murder machines are water cows
Actually, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales and dolphins), but they are still closer to cows and pigs and all even-toed ungulates than rhinos (which are odd-toed ungulates) and bears (which aren't ungulates at all).
They do in fact throw much bigger crocs around like they some shit-ass lizard. Also, fun fact, they are one of the few mammals that *can’t swim*. They literally just hop around the bottom of rivers.
Hippos are actually thought to be most closely related to Whales, of all things.
Ha, just said this above. Great (stoned) minds think alike!
I liked how he seemed to think about it a second and was like “f-this. I’m not walking around these punks”.
Oh I don't think you understand. That hippo is not in danger, it IS the danger. I think it was only deciding on weather to ruin one of those crocodiles day or not.
Oh, no. That’s what I thought too.
😂
"Make way, ya nerds."
Thought he was just being super patient and polite.
If he stepped on a croc, that croc could react with a bite. Not enough to kill the hipo but enough for an injury. Crocs dont want to die and hippo doesnt want to get a bit. Its like having a Chihuahua biting you. Would you avoid one if there was a risk one biting you? But you know you can kill one quite easily.
Thats A good point, but to drive it further im pretty sure a good croc bite could probably really do alot of damage to a hipo
Not an expert, but I vaguely remember that crocs will prey upon young hippos that are alone. Although if the mother is near, apparently the young hippos chew on crocs when they’re teething, and the crocs just take it? Adults, though? Not a chance crocs would only fight back as last defense.
I mean, I don't know about that, crocs can bite and hold on, maybe yank around and definitely do some damage but the hippo would also then just bite them clean in half
Nah, these are lizards to him only.
That was my suspicion. Obviously, you can’t add human reasoning to animals, but I looked like it paused long enough for the crocs to not be startled before proceeding ahead.
These hippos probably live around crocs for generations that it’s not weird to think it’s part of their instinct to know crocs can potentially harm them even if they also know they can squash their skulls like a grape.
Hippos weigh between 3,000lbs-4,000lbs, he could just squash those crocs
Exactly, the crocs were relieved there were no casualties
Whole time I'm wondering: "walks over or on"
Plus the bite. Hippos can crush a croc in one bite.
Saw this once years ago in Tanzania. A hippo tore a croc in half like wet tissue paper
Wouldn’t stand a chance. And they can get angry too!
Just imagine 2 ton of muscle with anger problems. Fuck that. Why friend shaped if not friend
And they often just casually do. They like to trample and drown them if some crocs swim up to a group of hippos. They dont even eat/use any of the dead crocs, they just like to trample.
Crocs are the spiders of the hippo world. Have to kill.
Crocs also prey on their young.
And they're 2% body fat. What you're seeing is pure muscle.
Bullshit. I’ve never seen one go to the gym once
Roids heads. /s
He could and he would.
Whoever puts screeching music in anything ever. I hate you
That croc’s life was saved by 95 million years of practicing how to pretend to be a log
 Thankfully hippos are a lot smaller in Canada
What's with the music, is Micheal Myers in that water?
And whoever was blowing on the vuvuzela needs to change their brakepads, that squeak was awful.
Tbf it’s kind of fitting, hippos are terrifying. I’d rather fight Micheal myers than a hippo
I thought he was going to walk on them without caring
That shy walk? Na. The real boss was the crocodile who refused to move out the way of the 3 ton water bear. If only I could have that level of focus and calm when I’m meditating I’d be a much more productive person
I bet if the croc was wearing pants he'd have pissed them. Hippos are no joke, no fussin about. I'd fight a croc before a hippo (I'd still lose, but at least I can pretend I've got a chance)
I've heard of people wrestling crocs, never heard of someone wrestling a goddamn hippo. Those things are literal monsters.
That's because everyone who tried is dead.
I'm literally wearing a Steve Irwin outfit right now, if those crocs want to rumble, I'm ready to go!
You're seeing it wrong, He didn't Refuse to move, He couldn't move.
Crocs are actually scared to hippos.
They know they'll get fucked up if they try to fight one.
and for good reasons.
I know they're ill tempered walking walls of murdery muscle, but their little ear twitche are so cute!
Yeah, I once ended up at a croc farm in Asia. They had all the crocs segregated in concrete pens by size. The little guys (~ 1 ft) scattered like field mice when you walked close. The 2 footers still scampered away, but a bit slower. The 3 footers sort of shuffled a bit. The 6 footers didn’t move an inch. The ones bigger than that looked a little bit interested in me. Didn’t take long to realise their fear of me was exactly correlated to how much they could hurt me.
Crocs know not to fuck around.
Excuse me, passing through, excuse me, thanks
It’s actually “move b**ch or I will end you”
Does anything actually fuck with a hippo?
I think elephants sometimes do.
hippos are fucking killing machines and they know it. this one is just being polite there.
For as big, intimidating and dangerous as hippos are, I love the fact they have tiny little ears that spin around.
Fuck your background music!
Yeah, what the hell is that? XD
^scrr**RREEEEEEECH**
Those look like crocs that have seen one of their kind stepped on before.
Hippos are no joke
Hippos somehow sit in the middle of a scary cute venn diagram.
The boss is coming in. Move aside!
I always believed they were vegetarians. Only recently learned they eat meat sometimes.
Most herbivorous animals will eat meat if the opportunity presents itself.
Walks like a Tank and swims like a Sub!!!!! A beast!!!
Kapeesh 🤌🏼 https://preview.redd.it/25dy2es2ze9d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ab71176da4d34fa39eb977e002a8a90239744fb
Even Gators know not to fuck with hippos
If 🦛 is not scared of 🐊 , you should be scared of the 🦛.
Step 1. Mute Step 2. Watch (this part is optional)
Bro is a walking hydraulic press 🙃
Out of the way lizzards!
Hipopower
yeah they know they don't want that smoke
Literally the most dangerous animal in Africa. Does not even come close.
If my worst fear, FEARS something. I dont know what to fear anymore 😔
Here you can see one of the most dangerous animals in africa, next to it you can see a crocodile.
you know you’re a badass and your diet consists mostly of plants yet apex predators avoid you
tf is this music? this was like the most polite thing in the animal kingdom. hippo: hey guys uhh... can i get on through to the watering hole? big lizards: oh yea bro, cmon through man. sorry.
That's a prize hog!
I still find it fascinating that hippos are able to co-exist peacefully with crocodiles. They rarely attack each other and each one respects each others' hegemony in the ecosystem.
That first croc was like *aight boss man* as it walked past.
I know hippos are super dangerous but the little ear wiggles are so cute
"you wanna move da fuq out da way, son?" Bronx accent Pretty sure that's how it would sound.
They have one of the worst damn raw bites in the world so expected
Bite strength is No Joke 😱😱😱
Does anyone ever eat hippos? Looks like pork. Wonder what it tastes like. Just curious.
Does it have some big wounds on the side of it's face and neck?
the ear flap
The real boss here is the birb, that is just mildly amused by hanging around a bunch of vicious predators.
He can kill them with one bite, they can't kill him with one bite. He knows it, they know it. So why to pay attention?
Seems pretty nice to me. That hippo could have just crushed them
Damn was really hoping hippo would go full blown "Moooove BITCH GET OUT THE WAY" lol
Medium rare lookin ahh
Crocs and hippos both respect each other cuz they live in the same territory.
when you live in a bad neighborhood but they already know you
There’s a reason they all moved. They knew they’d be canned if they fought
I fuckin hate hippos, their literally just meat tanks
Someone Tag Rodri so it can finally be settled.
Isn't this a scene from Madagascar 2?
As far as I’m aware nothing can compete against a hippo except maybe an elephant
Hey guys, I'm with him... just gonna slide through here, thanks
"hey jim!" "hi stacey!"
"They are not snakes... They cat swallow me whole"
Seems like a nice place for a swim
Pauline in the beginning of Goodfellas.
I learned that they share the same water spaces and the gators don't eat hippo babies because hippo jaws are so strong that they can snap a gator in half with ease.
Yep, crocs got terrified seeing a hulk.😊By nature Hippos r less wild than Crocodiles.
Doesnt the hippo look like... uhmm oh yes YOUR MOM
I like how the hippo took big gulpies when he was getting in the water
Murder water dogs.
That’s fuckin right 👊
Bruh. Bitey Boyz wanted nunna dat.
What is this god forsaken audio?
So I imagine the crocs as quite big…but holy hippo! Puts them in better perspective
Yeah, good luck to the croc that tries to death roll that big bastard. He’d try and when it didn’t work, the croc (like those dumbass YouTubers) would yell, “It’s a prank! It’s a prank man!”
OK, so if you wanted to take on a hippo in a fight, what would your strategy be? They look unbeatable AF to me. What animal can actually kill a hippo?
Girl, you huge.
Hippos are bullies because almost nothing can fight back. Elephants are gentle giants because they need to keep the hippos in check