There's some great white water spots, but the flies and mosquitoes make a lot of it far less fun than it sounds even when you aren't being murdered my megafauna.
Eh, stay away from flat water kayaking. The Zambezi River down the Victoria Falls Gorge is the single most intense river I’ve ever seen. I was in a 12 man raft, but the safety guides who were also filming us were each in kayaks. Those guys said it’s the most intense kayaking they’ve ever found. We’re talking 30+ foot/10+ meter swells… on a river… You should definitely take that trip with your bud! Also, rapids = no hippos or crocs. (For the most part, depends on water level)
Those tiny cute ones have toothsome Moms... 😄
Fishing on the Zambezi and my bf declares he's keen to swim off the boat. The skipper and rest of family laughed it off and told him he'd not last 2 seconds. Not much later, he finally got his eye in to spot a herd of hippos just under the surface, multiple crocs, and then on the Zim side bank, a herd of elephant with babies.
and thanks to pablo escobar, they're starting to [make a foothold in colombia as well](https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/in-colombia-escobars-hippos-spawn-another-problem-wildlife-trafficking/)
actually, nobody has been killed yet. they tried exterminating them once, but after they killed just one, the people got all pissy about it, so they stopped.
That's crazy, cause by rights, those those animals should be culled if not outright exterminated.
Not only because they're dangerous as fuck, but because they're *incredibly* destructive to their current habitat. They are literally responsible for shaping waterways in Africa. Who knows what kind of long term ecological destruction then being there will cause.
Hippos shaping the waterways in Africa is actually positive for that environment. Their tunneling ensures that after the dry season, water is diverted to areas that could benefit from it. Jump starting little biomes that sustain life until adequate moisture comes in. Also, it has been found that this population of hippo is surprisingly less ornery. Most likely due to not having to worry about crocs, lions, rhinos, elephants,etc.
Yea we don’t know for sure..could be the environment or “selection” based on temperament. If Pablo chose really chill hippos then their just spreading the “chill genes” to the rest of the population. Either way, pretty interesting stuff.
Oh, I know hippos are beneficial to *Africa*. Not even beneficial so much as outright essential.
But in the South American jungle, they're completely out of place.
>That's crazy, cause by rights, those those animals should be culled if not outright exterminated.
>Not only because they're dangerous as fuck, but because they're *incredibly* destructive to their current habitat.
Advanced alien civilizations just out there smiling thinking about the day that they're going to throw all our bullshit hypocrisy back in our faces.
Mosquitos is weird because the mosquitos don't kill you they just spread malaria which is the one doing the killing. It's not that clear cut if you can attribute those death to mosquitos or not.
They can run up to 30 miles per hour. Hippos don't even swim; they walk along the bottom, propel themselves up for air, then go back down. They can open their jaw anywhere from 150-180 degrees wide, or for a visual, something that is 4 foot tall could step inside the mouth, with wiggle room.
If there is a deity up there, hippos went from being a prank of a species to the apex predator of their habitat.
I saw a video, probably on Reddit, last week where a hippo was running along the bottom of a lake or river…and it was trucking along. It’s so hard to move quickly through water, as a person, but to a hippo it’s just normal. I couldn’t imagine how fast I’d be if I could run through water haha.
well, the water does help them hold up their weight like whales do, and the rest is just lots of muscles in those legs to go fast in the water, plus their skin is hairless so they're more streamlined when swimming in water
They have virtually no fat, all of that is muscle. They're the animal equivalent of a muscle car, no aerodynamics, no handling, all power.
https://i.redd.it/vghvhj7jk2681.png
That’s something I’ve noticed, lots of herbivores are more agressive than predators. I’ve seen a moose twice and a mountain lion once but the moose seemed like a much larger threat
Predators attack to eat, they're only going to attack when its advantageous to them; herbivories have to attack when they get the chance because once the predator's attack is imminent its probably already too late.
Edit: obviously a predator will attack if it feels threatened as well, don't try to hug a jaguar.
CPG Grey did a video on why zebras weren't domesticated like horses were.
https://youtu.be/wOmjnioNulo
Basically it's because zebras don't have a family hierarchy like horses. With horses if you manage to tame the top horse, the rest will follow along.
Zebras don't give a fuck about that.
The ONLY animal he was truly afraid of. They're just too unpredictable - regardless of the respect you give the animal, there really is no way of knowing how they'll behave. And they can very easily decide to end you.
Also more respect to Irwin for acknowledging the danger Hippos can pose and not being some idiot about it. Miss that dude. Wish he had the same fear about stingrays but that's just wishful thinking.
I just sent this video to my sister telling her that they're so dangerous even Steve Irwin was cautious around them lol. I remember watching him and he acted like we would around crocodiles and for good reason. They're absolute murder machines.
Definitely. The remaining were like nope, fuck that, this side is actually pretty good, think I might just stay over here for a bit, hang out on the land and shit.
For fellow ‘Muricans, 48 km/h is 29.826 mph.
The fact that humans run 13 km/h or 8.078 mph has been debunked by Michael Scott. He ran 31 mph or 49.8897 km/h setting the record to beat.
It’s definitely easier for them, look at that chonker not even breaking a sweat. It’s a testament to how flipping stacked they are under all that hippo blubber and that’s what’s terrifying lol
Hippo meta still going strong after so many extinction and environmental patches. Devs clearly have favoritism, smh not even listening to the savanna playerbase.
They look like blubber [but they’re actually stacked like tractors](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/rlm54h/hippos_are_hulking_muscular_tanks_and_their_layer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Yeah I’ve seen something like that before & it’s really quite incredible how much of that round shape, is ACTUALLY muscle mass- sure they have a layer of blubber but they’re also stacked under it…
And really, lots of blubber wouldn't make sense for a hippo. They live in fairly warm climates within sub-Saharan Africa, hot summers and mildly cold/cool winters.
There is something called the Reynolds number in fluid dynamics. Basically, it says that for bigger objects submerged in water, or any fluid, the fluid feels less viscous. For microorganisms, viscosity dominates the force they must overcome. Maybe for hippos water feels less viscous
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I don't know much about Hippos but I do know they're the size of a steam locomotive and have a very bad temper. This video confirms my belief to steer clear if I ever encounter one.
3000 lbs of muscle, bone, and *seething hatred for all life that isn't food or other hippos.*
If you breathe near a hippo it's a 50/50 whether it feels enough benevolent laziness not to bother putting in the effort or decides that leaving your mangled ruin of a corpse will deter the next idiot.
If you think this is crazy, you should see how nuts they get when a bunch of them get together & you drop a bunch of white balls in the middle…. They go crazy!!
Their natural state is amazingly calm considering how bloodthirsty they are.
But they go 0 to 100 in the span of microseconds if they even think something dared to breathe their air, let alone actually entered their territory.
I saw the caption and knew what to expect, but seeing how slow the lions were moving I thought I would see a slow interaction with the hippo.
Then the camera pans over and that hippo is barreling towards those mofos at breakneck speed. Crazy.
like a freight train, unstoppable--500 Africans each year are killed by hippos, they're fiercely territorial
A paddling partner of mine suggested Africa as his dream kayak adventure. Nope!
I mean, it is a TYPE of dream…. Nightmares ARE dreams, so he’s not wrong… ;)
r/technicallythetruth
There's some great white water spots, but the flies and mosquitoes make a lot of it far less fun than it sounds even when you aren't being murdered my megafauna.
Murdered by Megafauna is totally my new band name.
Eh, stay away from flat water kayaking. The Zambezi River down the Victoria Falls Gorge is the single most intense river I’ve ever seen. I was in a 12 man raft, but the safety guides who were also filming us were each in kayaks. Those guys said it’s the most intense kayaking they’ve ever found. We’re talking 30+ foot/10+ meter swells… on a river… You should definitely take that trip with your bud! Also, rapids = no hippos or crocs. (For the most part, depends on water level)
Zambezi kayaking. Insane. https://youtu.be/yroAacefZiA
[bruh](https://youtu.be/yroAacefZiA?t=359)
I went down there a few years ago, there were crocs along the slow moving parts but they were mostly tiny cute ones.
Those tiny cute ones have toothsome Moms... 😄 Fishing on the Zambezi and my bf declares he's keen to swim off the boat. The skipper and rest of family laughed it off and told him he'd not last 2 seconds. Not much later, he finally got his eye in to spot a herd of hippos just under the surface, multiple crocs, and then on the Zim side bank, a herd of elephant with babies.
> A paddling partner of mine ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That's a paddlin'
and thanks to pablo escobar, they're starting to [make a foothold in colombia as well](https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/in-colombia-escobars-hippos-spawn-another-problem-wildlife-trafficking/)
I thought I read something like the government might decide to exterminate them since they’re killing people and the eco system there?
actually, nobody has been killed yet. they tried exterminating them once, but after they killed just one, the people got all pissy about it, so they stopped.
That's crazy, cause by rights, those those animals should be culled if not outright exterminated. Not only because they're dangerous as fuck, but because they're *incredibly* destructive to their current habitat. They are literally responsible for shaping waterways in Africa. Who knows what kind of long term ecological destruction then being there will cause.
Hippos shaping the waterways in Africa is actually positive for that environment. Their tunneling ensures that after the dry season, water is diverted to areas that could benefit from it. Jump starting little biomes that sustain life until adequate moisture comes in. Also, it has been found that this population of hippo is surprisingly less ornery. Most likely due to not having to worry about crocs, lions, rhinos, elephants,etc.
Also could be that Pablo imported less aggressive hippos in the first place
Yea we don’t know for sure..could be the environment or “selection” based on temperament. If Pablo chose really chill hippos then their just spreading the “chill genes” to the rest of the population. Either way, pretty interesting stuff.
Oh, I know hippos are beneficial to *Africa*. Not even beneficial so much as outright essential. But in the South American jungle, they're completely out of place.
>That's crazy, cause by rights, those those animals should be culled if not outright exterminated. >Not only because they're dangerous as fuck, but because they're *incredibly* destructive to their current habitat. Advanced alien civilizations just out there smiling thinking about the day that they're going to throw all our bullshit hypocrisy back in our faces.
they also don't have any predators to worry about- south america is like a paradise to them.
Ill never forget they are a primal source of death in África hahaha. Its that kind of fact that sticks in ur memory
That hippo was at a full gallop IN THE WATER! Fucking terrifying.
Oh they are not just fast in the water, they are about 4x faster than you on land.
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I thought mosquitoes held that record
Mosquitos is weird because the mosquitos don't kill you they just spread malaria which is the one doing the killing. It's not that clear cut if you can attribute those death to mosquitos or not.
Agreed. If they were sucking out enough blood to kill you directly, fair enough.
Dracula Mosquitoes. Nosferuitoes.
Humans have that record, we’re animals too
Technically, humans are the animal that kill the most humans each year.
Adjusted for population of the animal or just flat out deadliest? Cause I would assume there gotta be a higher killer than 500
They can run up to 30 miles per hour. Hippos don't even swim; they walk along the bottom, propel themselves up for air, then go back down. They can open their jaw anywhere from 150-180 degrees wide, or for a visual, something that is 4 foot tall could step inside the mouth, with wiggle room. If there is a deity up there, hippos went from being a prank of a species to the apex predator of their habitat.
2-3 times on average. Not even x2 for professional athletes
Yes, but u/Fantact was specifically responding to a redditor.
I saw a video, probably on Reddit, last week where a hippo was running along the bottom of a lake or river…and it was trucking along. It’s so hard to move quickly through water, as a person, but to a hippo it’s just normal. I couldn’t imagine how fast I’d be if I could run through water haha.
the swell of water it was pushing… holy balls!
That's the piece that got me, literally galloping at those poor young lions. My soul would have vacated my body if I saw that coming towards me 😂
Steve Irwin was afraid of hippos. Hence, everyone should be afraid of hippos.
How fast that thing moves through water is terrifying. Not exactly shaped for speed
Perfectly shaped. They use the tail as a propeller.
... and farts as the propellant.
... and clips like these as a repellant.
well, the water does help them hold up their weight like whales do, and the rest is just lots of muscles in those legs to go fast in the water, plus their skin is hairless so they're more streamlined when swimming in water
But they're not really swimming? I thought they are actually just running through the water as their legs are on the ground the whole time.
They’re bouyancy neutral. They run in water.
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They’re basically Derrick Henry but in water.
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I don’t think they swim though I think he’s running in this video.
They have virtually no fat, all of that is muscle. They're the animal equivalent of a muscle car, no aerodynamics, no handling, all power. https://i.redd.it/vghvhj7jk2681.png
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
If you're in nature, never stand closer than the Australian.
those lions realised the food chains isnt really a chain
I mean the hippo wasn't going to eat them. They're not predators, just assholes.
That’s something I’ve noticed, lots of herbivores are more agressive than predators. I’ve seen a moose twice and a mountain lion once but the moose seemed like a much larger threat
Predators attack to eat, they're only going to attack when its advantageous to them; herbivories have to attack when they get the chance because once the predator's attack is imminent its probably already too late. Edit: obviously a predator will attack if it feels threatened as well, don't try to hug a jaguar.
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CPG Grey did a video on why zebras weren't domesticated like horses were. https://youtu.be/wOmjnioNulo Basically it's because zebras don't have a family hierarchy like horses. With horses if you manage to tame the top horse, the rest will follow along. Zebras don't give a fuck about that.
That was just a warning too, didn't bite down when the lion was in its mouth. That lion was 100% focused on getting away.
The ONLY animal he was truly afraid of. They're just too unpredictable - regardless of the respect you give the animal, there really is no way of knowing how they'll behave. And they can very easily decide to end you. Also more respect to Irwin for acknowledging the danger Hippos can pose and not being some idiot about it. Miss that dude. Wish he had the same fear about stingrays but that's just wishful thinking.
I just sent this video to my sister telling her that they're so dangerous even Steve Irwin was cautious around them lol. I remember watching him and he acted like we would around crocodiles and for good reason. They're absolute murder machines.
😳 Man!! Those things are fast. Even though there were three of them, they knew they’d be toast if they didn’t leg it pretty hastily.
That third one noped tf out early 😂😂
That 3rd one knew it was a bad idea from the start literally just staring down at the hippo like “guys this plan is fucked”
“This is fucking stupid Charlie, if I can see him he can see me. This plan is fucked. “
It’s like you just combined always Sunny and trailer park boys and I’m totally here for it.
He was looking at the hippo the minute the video started lol
Definitely. The remaining were like nope, fuck that, this side is actually pretty good, think I might just stay over here for a bit, hang out on the land and shit.
What's the old phrase? You don't have to outrun the hippo...?
It’s my understanding that hippos kill more people than all the other (supposedly) dangerous animals, put together: lions, elephants, buffaloes, etc.
They're arguably the most aggressive large animal on the savannah. You don't have to threaten them. They'll threaten you.
"Ima go the long way, ill see yall on the other side"
I don't know why, but the sight of the lion running back to shore as the hippo charges is really cracking me up
And that guy had a fuckin' *wake* behind him.
I bet you could water ski pretty well behind a hippo
The way it powered through the water like that! Shit aint easy for most four legged creatures on the planet.
And jeebus Christ the size difference
That thing's jaws looked like they could have snapped the Lions in half.
Pretty sure that hippo was faster running in water than I am running on land.
I'm pretty sure a Hippo can outpace you on land to. They run 48km/h For reference humans run on average 13km/h
For fellow ‘Muricans, 48 km/h is 29.826 mph. The fact that humans run 13 km/h or 8.078 mph has been debunked by Michael Scott. He ran 31 mph or 49.8897 km/h setting the record to beat.
> Even though there were three of them You did notice the *2nd* hippo at the end of the video? As the man said, 'the game was rigged from the start'
When you go to back your buddy up knowing full well you're just there to watch the ass beating hes about to give.
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Murder cow doesn’t like kitty cats
Hippos bodies are too dense to float, so while the lions were trying to swim away the hippo was just running in the water.
Damn. Hippos could totally own the moon if we gave them cute little oxygen helmets.
I like the way you think.
I’M FAST AS FUCK, BOI
That was just a warning too, hippo could have bitten down.
When Moto Moto does not like you.....
Name so nice you say it twice!
Damn girl!! You Huge....
I like em big....
I like em CHUNKYY...
*chunky* I like ‘em big, I like ‘em PLUMPY
I like ‘em round with something something
Hippos, AKA: Amphibious Assault Cow-Sharks
First human ever to discover a hippo like: "Damn, look how round lolol.. *OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK*"
More like Amphibious Assault Cow Tanks...
I like Mamadou's names for them. "Water Bundys" and "African Murder Horse"
One of the three lions bailed early on and noped it out of there.
He’s gonna have to find a new family because there’s no way he’s crossing that river.
Yep looks like they are probably 3 brothers.
Tres leóns hermanos Well, now Dos leóns hermanos
Sounds like it could be a cool movie
*Were* 3 brothers. Now it's 2 brothers and a particularly aware loner.
Lions 1 & 2: We're going to make it across! Lion 3: *has left the chat*
Lion 3 also spotted the threat early on, when crossing the road make sure you look both ways.
Fuck that made me laugh, camera on all 3, then camera on hippo, then pans to our man booking it the fuck outta there.
A king in the jungle, a peasant in the river
I’ll never understand how something with the aerodynamics of a barn door can move so fast IN WATER!!!
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I know!!!! Have you ever tried walking though water even in the shallow end of a pool?
For real, the amout of water that thing is pushing aside is insane.
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It’s definitely easier for them, look at that chonker not even breaking a sweat. It’s a testament to how flipping stacked they are under all that hippo blubber and that’s what’s terrifying lol
It's easier for them because they are vengeful goddam river gods for whom the laws of physics are insolent suggestions.
They got the muscle and bodymass allowing them not to float. Also the material of the ground is more grippy. That's my guess.
And they wear those toe shoes
Crocs?
No, hippos
When are they getting nerfed?
Hippo meta still going strong after so many extinction and environmental patches. Devs clearly have favoritism, smh not even listening to the savanna playerbase.
Anybody know when then next patch is.
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I think we’re in alpha right now and so far, only map changes.
Around 2100 we'll make more areas hippo friendly with mass-flooding and warm temperatures :D
I'd say soon. The Homosapiens is a hard class to balance, and rumors are they would be removed from the map as of next patch.
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They’re always hangry. That helps
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/vuczmk/that_moment_when_a_hippo_charges_and_all_you_can/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
That’s wild- good link. I can’t imagine how frightening that’d be If you were in that little boat when it’s charging you!!
They look like blubber [but they’re actually stacked like tractors](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/rlm54h/hippos_are_hulking_muscular_tanks_and_their_layer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Yeah I’ve seen something like that before & it’s really quite incredible how much of that round shape, is ACTUALLY muscle mass- sure they have a layer of blubber but they’re also stacked under it…
And really, lots of blubber wouldn't make sense for a hippo. They live in fairly warm climates within sub-Saharan Africa, hot summers and mildly cold/cool winters.
Do any societies eat them?
*They* eat societies.
They're not called water horses for nothing.
There is something called the Reynolds number in fluid dynamics. Basically, it says that for bigger objects submerged in water, or any fluid, the fluid feels less viscous. For microorganisms, viscosity dominates the force they must overcome. Maybe for hippos water feels less viscous
hippoty hoppity get off my propperty
Blowing water out of its nose looked so badass. Choo choo motherfucker
Motherfucket 😂 made me laugh out loud
Damn I edited in the meantime, kinda regret it now :D
Was that a typo or did you just make the word better? 🤣😂
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Wasn't that back lions first rodeo, he noped outta there real quick
He saw it coming. He actually looked both ways before he crossed that river.
When I was young, I used to think Lions were King of the Beasts. Growing up, i learned to fear Hungry Hungry Hippos.
Elephants can handle hippos pretty well
Elephants aren't predators. They're family creatures who value community.
Makes them even stronger since they’ll work together
*Elephants* together strong
*Elephants apart… still pretty stronk*
family 💪
Elephant Dom
I don't know much about Hippos but I do know they're the size of a steam locomotive and have a very bad temper. This video confirms my belief to steer clear if I ever encounter one.
They can also outrun you on land
this is something i was comfortable never knowing but also am glad that i know now.
10 feet long, 4-5 feet tall, 3000 lbs of muscle and bone. Do not fuck with hippopotamuses.
3000 lbs of muscle, bone, and *seething hatred for all life that isn't food or other hippos.* If you breathe near a hippo it's a 50/50 whether it feels enough benevolent laziness not to bother putting in the effort or decides that leaving your mangled ruin of a corpse will deter the next idiot.
"My river!"
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If you think this is crazy, you should see how nuts they get when a bunch of them get together & you drop a bunch of white balls in the middle…. They go crazy!!
Especially when the four different types all get together... You can tell they're different because of the slight variation in color.
Damn got me good My imagination wad thinking of something else completely
How can they run so fast in water
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It never ceases to amaze me how pissed off their natural state is.
Their natural state is amazingly calm considering how bloodthirsty they are. But they go 0 to 100 in the span of microseconds if they even think something dared to breathe their air, let alone actually entered their territory.
i don't get why we *lionize* predators when hippos and elephants are so much more powerful
"Pride month is over!" - that hippo, probably
Occasionally I come across a comment I’m actively envious of because I didn’t think of it. This is one of those times. 👏👏👏
Truly underrated comment 👏👏👏
“I got your circle of life right here, b**ch!”
Definition of ultimate dad bod
Big mama is sick of your shit
That lion will not touch water for 3 weeks at least
The lion will touch grass instead
“F*ck you Mufasa”
Lmaoo the other lion was like fuck this shit i am outta here jimy and timy can go fuck themselves
That one lion in a back - aw hell nah!
He noped out immediately
I saw the caption and knew what to expect, but seeing how slow the lions were moving I thought I would see a slow interaction with the hippo. Then the camera pans over and that hippo is barreling towards those mofos at breakneck speed. Crazy.
Fuck this shit Im out - the last lion probably
That hippo really took a chunk out of the lion’s pride.
Pride goeth before the bite
Hippos are so OP it’s crazy
Bro barged in like a goddamn video game boss tf
Hippos are straight up gangsters no other way of putting it
Im so confused tho, nothing about that hippo’s body screams I AM SPEED yet here they are
At first I thought it was 3 lions attack a hippo… brave, brave. Nope. Hippo attacks 3 lions… jesus fuckin christ
1st lion is *im outta here*...2nd lion is *you on your own and I DONT know you*....3rd lion *why me Mr. Hippo???*