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ilovevanhalen
Months ago when I saw this, made me appreciate hippos
KimSupreme7
????
Manateeheehee
*blep*
CalifornianFunderthuck
And then it grew up to be a swimming murder water bear
JockMcSting
Facing you = okay. Facing away from you = look the hell out.
kittyblast
Bleppopotamus
Drag0nFire717
Didn't know I needed this in life until this moment
aydris
Probably because he thought you looked delicious. They're pretty damn vicious
daruiner
Did it lick your finger?
Ikeepforgettingmyusername8
Hippos are disgusting.
sunyudai
That's a big mlem.
PoorSucker
skellis
Run!
FosterFox
Blep.
abandonedcoffee
This is the worst cat.
Timeandrelativedimensionsinspaghetti
Deadliest animal in africa.
ShoopMcCloop
This is cincinnati zoo's #babyfiona twitter
Repomon
Probably just wants your marbles.
ImJustASalad
Now im hungry
Popotomus
#blessed
khensu83
Probably wondering if you taste like chicken.
veves13
I've never seen that kind of doggo before
AmyBernadettePenny
skarsgard
Aww the big ol' semiaquatic Murder Puppy is sticking his tongue out :)
BoatsAndHoes88
*mlem*
Arsynical
...mbleh
TanisIsMySpiritAnimalFERDA
Boop the nose!!
Theamazingpop
Blep
Theamazingpop
*blep, fucking autocorrect
FckyourselfSarah
So when do they go from cute and playful to death to all moving things in their domain?
jovihenke
Puberty... we all get crazy after that
ihavenolifeiamazombie
Or when you can't poop but you love cheese and you just can't help yourself I think then that gets my vote
jovihenke
Oh god cheese i love cheese hot melted gooey cheeeeeeeeese mmmmmm
ihavenolifeiamazombie
I believe
ihavenolifeiamazombie
I could of said you are one cheese sandwich away from a angry hippo stuck on the toilet wanting to release but i didn't I choose cheese
jovihenke
The cheese life chose me
slidewhistlesymphony
Let it get a bit older and he will kill you outright.
puppyflips
Pygmy hippos are not as aggressive as their much bigger relatives, they practically never attack humans in the wild, unless threatened
ihavenolifeiamazombie
This conversation is threatening should anyone who said anything be worried about Pygmy hippos reading this ?
kilnborn
In the grand scheme of things, almost no one dies from hippos. The fact that they're the second deadliest animal is irrelevant.
ingelri
This is a fallacy. The reason more people don't die is because we know not to fuck around with hippos, because hippos are lethal.
Applepotamus
tell that to becky
NR97420
Not if you live near hippos.
ihavenolifeiamazombie
More so if you die near hippos
kilnborn
500 hippo deaths per year. I suspect that this is a miniscule fraction of deaths per year in hippo-populated areas.
MyotheraccountiswiththeKGB
From my understanding it's mostly dumb tourist who decide it's a good idea to play with wild animal's babies n wonder why they got stomped
NR97420
I'd imagine hippo populated areas are not urban, and are along the water. And these people know how dangerous hippos are, and yet...
NR97420
I mean, sure, compared to gun deaths in America, or automobile deaths worldwide. But it's like living near a rare poisonous snake species.
TheTastiestTampon
I went on a hippo hunt once in with a Dinka soldier I served with. Hell of a time, I was useless, and hid behind my buddy.
textilelover
Huh. I just googled that, seems like Dinka soldiers are all about some wiping out the other tribes?
TheTastiestTampon
He was Dinka, but wasn't Sudanese, he was in the Ethiopian army
textilelover
Aaah. Wasn't sure if it was like the Hutus and Tutsis crossing national borders.
TheTastiestTampon
Yeah, he did work as a translator for me though, when we had to go into Sudan.
jaychay
You went to go kill a hippo?
TheTastiestTampon
Yeah, it was food for his tribe/kraal/family. Not sport, it was for subsistence.
AreYouFuckinSorryIsAStupidComment
I'll pretend to be from Oregon. "Ummm, why the fuck didn't you just plant sustainable organic crops, asshole small penis cis!?"
TheTastiestTampon
I've gotten that reaction, but genuine. It's like there's a whole bunch of people who don't realize how much harder life is elsewhere.
AreYouFuckinSorryIsAStupidComment
Yea or think that eating salad means that no animal will ever die. Oh well.
LosPer
The thought of killing a Hippo for any reason is repulsive to me. Sorry.
ConfuMeister
If it's for food then it should be understandable. Why, do you think cows and chicken are less than hippos for some reason?
TheTastiestTampon
That's probably because you have the luxury of not starving to death if you don't.
LosPer
Sure. Doesn't change how I feel about it though. Why do you care how I think?
TheTastiestTampon
I don't, you commented, I replied. That's all.
LosPer
Fair enough. As a general principle, I think we should avoid killing animals existing in limited populations, as we generally have options.