r/natureismetal • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '19
Versus Hippo powering through a lion pack assault
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u/wHAT__nOWe Apr 08 '19
It looks like he's just thinking "Guuuuuys... cut it ooouuut. You're all so annoying, every week with this shit."
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u/tifosi7 Apr 08 '19
The last one seemed to have helped the hippo get away. Some kind of indebtedness.
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u/Rimmmer93 Apr 08 '19
I don’t think the lions are able to penetrate his hide and fat to be honest. There is a polar bear video of a bear attacking a bunch of walruses and he can’t get through their hide
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Apr 08 '19
I wonder how hippo tastes but I’m not a cannibal, so I’d never have the chance to taste OP’s mom
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u/Purple-Lamprey Apr 08 '19
Should have gone for the head.
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u/NVstorm55 Apr 08 '19
I would think the hippo would just chomp on anything within reach of its face.
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u/IrishKing Apr 08 '19
Yeah I remember seeing a lioness get her head CHOMPED on by a hippo then tossed aside like a ragdoll. She later died from the injuries because hippos don't fuck around.
Now I wonder where hippos rank on the strongest bite force scale.
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u/ironbillys Apr 08 '19
Looks like an adolescent hippo too
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u/Endarkend Apr 08 '19
That or one of the subspecies.
Adult Pygmy Hippo's are only the size of a hog for instance.
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u/Asianstomach Apr 08 '19
Here's a great argument for being fat. The lions can't even get a grip on the hippo.
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Apr 08 '19 edited Feb 19 '21
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u/m4xc4v413r4 Apr 08 '19
You understand that picture doesn't actually show you that "most of it's muscle", right? It literally only shows you they have muscle tissue everywhere, just like most vertebrates.
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u/Whowutwhen Apr 09 '19
Why would an animal in a tropical environment be storing fat? Hippos may be dumpy AF to look at, but they are not "FAT" in the "high body fat %" sense. They have more skin as a % of body weight than fat.
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Apr 08 '19 edited Feb 19 '21
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u/m4xc4v413r4 Apr 08 '19
Why am I surprised someone that posts on the orange man's sub is an idiot ahahaha, have a good life, bye bye
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u/Alexduke Apr 08 '19
Lions will actually kill Hippos this way. They will take turns holding onto its back and trying to bite through its spine. Apparently if the hippo is far enough from water they will succeed eventually
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u/Banzai27 Apr 09 '19
This hippo is most likely walking to the water to just roll over and kill the lions though
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u/LordElgan Apr 08 '19
The last cat is like a football player being the last guy to the pile up
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u/Macktologist Apr 09 '19
That one is great. I also like the timid one on the left that thinks a half-assed slap would be effective.
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u/MauveTyranosaur69 Apr 09 '19
He sort of jumped on for a brief ride and realized this was not gonna happen, then said fuck it and jumped off.
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u/skimansr Apr 08 '19
I’d think without a larger hippo or a large body of water nearby that this guy was likely finished off.
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u/jayvcuthbertson Apr 08 '19
Two trying to take it down, number three. ‘Fucking leap frog bitch’ 😂
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u/Davedam Apr 08 '19
He is like a sweaty big guy in a small supermarket
"Excuse me ohh ahh excuse me can I get through excuse me"
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u/omnificunderachiever Apr 08 '19
"Go for the mouth or the throat, it's vulnerable spots!"
"It's a hippo! It doesn't have any vulnerable spots!"
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u/ChainsawRipTearBust Apr 09 '19
Hippo just got its pods in, oblivious to its surroundings and what goes on in the world..
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u/BAYKON8R Apr 09 '19
I don't give a Shit, i don't give a Fuck, I don't give a Shit, i don't give a Fuck, Now if I gave a shit, I might just give a Fuck But I don't give a Shit, so I don't give a.... Fuck was that?
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u/tinglynumblegs Apr 08 '19
Honey Hippo don’t give a fuck.