A crocodile can be bitten in half in one bite, a lion can be raped when it is unhappy on the shore, and a grumpy hippopotamus has a natural enemy in nature?
Hippos are not horses that live in rivers, they are large omnivores that occasionally eat some meat to improve their diet, but most of the time they are vegetarian.
But don't look at this guy who grew up a vegetarian, the combat effectiveness can not be underestimated!
With a length of 5 meters and a weight of 3 tons, this guy can directly dominate all the rivers in Africa.
So how strong is the hippopotamus? It can kill crocodiles in the water, and it can beat lions on land, is there no animal in the African savannah that can pose a threat to it?
Don't panic, just click on the attention and look down slowly.
First of all, let's take a look at how powerful the river overlord hippopotamus really is.
Hippos are very large, up to 4 meters long, shoulder height of about 1.5 meters, more exaggerated weight, can reach 3.5 tons of weight.
As a result, hippos are also ranked as the 3rd largest mammal on land.
Every day at noon, when the sun is at its strongest, the hippopotamus will stay in the cool water to sleep and rest.
Because the hippopotamus skin has no hair and sweat glands, can not secrete sweat to cool the body, after a long period of exposure to the sun, its skin will secrete pink oil, so the hippopotamus spend most of the day in the water.
At dusk and at night, hippos will gradually come ashore in search of food.
Hippos grow tall and fat, so they eat a lot, and can eat more than 100 kilograms of aquatic weeds every day.
Fortunately, they usually only eat vegetarian food, so hippos like to stay in rivers, swamps, lakes and other places where lush aquatic grass grows nearby.
Because of the need to stay in the water for a long time, it is inevitable that you will meet the second overlord of the African river, that is, the crocodile.
In the rainy season, it is fine, the daily rainfall is very abundant, the river is full of water, everyone lives separately, do not disturb each other, and are at peace.
But when the dry season comes, it is different, when the dry season comes, the rainfall in the African steppe becomes less, and the rivers and lakes begin to dry up.
As the environment suitable for survival decreases, hippos and crocodiles inevitably have a big fight.
Although the crocodile has hard scales and a strong bite force, the hippopotamus's abilities are even better!
The most aggressive thing about hippopotamus is that its mouth can open up to 90 degrees, which is larger than the mouth of any animal on land.
Not only is the mouth large, but the teeth in the mouth are also large, and the incisors and canine teeth of hippos are fangs- and are the main weapon of the attack.
The lower incisors do not grow upwards, but protrude parallel to the front like a shovel, reaching a length of 60-70 cm and weighing 2-3 kg, and the length of the canine teeth is also about 75 cm.
Such sharp and sharp teeth can bite through the body of almost any animal, and the crocodile can be said to be an egg touching a stone, not measuring its own strength.
Another point is that when the hippopotamus starts to get angry, the anger will make its IQ plummet to 0, the force value is inversely proportional to the IQ, and the geometric multiplier is rapidly improved, and the combat effectiveness directly soars several grades!
They will first bite the crocodile's neck or body with their teeth, and then bite directly through it with their long canine teeth.
If in the water, the hippopotamus can knock the crocodile over.
For hippos, crocodiles are soft persimmons that pinch when you want.
When some uninteresting crocodile attacks their cubs, the crocodile may be attacked by a herd of hippos.
Therefore, the big war between the crocodile and the hippopotamus often ends in the victory of the hippopotamus.
Did a lion beat a hippopotamus?
In addition to crocodiles in the African savannah, there is also a predator at the top of the food chain, that is, lions.
Can that lion beat an adult hippopotamus?
If all the lions in the lion group, including the male lion and the lioness, come forward to challenge the hippopotamus together, there may be some hope of victory.
But if it is a one-on-one head-to-head, then even the lion, the king of the land steppe, is not the opponent of the hippopotamus.
Lions prey on most of them are bison, antelopes, zebras and other animals, and it is only when lions go out together that it is possible to hunt successfully.
But in the face of the hippopotamus, the lion can only obediently give way.
You may have seen videos of lions successfully hunting hippos, but those are basically elderly hippos who are left alone.
Hippos are social animals, usually with a dozen hippos living together, ruled by a male leader.
As the years pass, when the leader becomes old and weak and seriously ill, he will be replaced by the young male hippopotamus in the group, and then driven out of the hippopotamus herd.
Only then will the lions and these predators have the opportunity to successfully hunt the hippopotamus.
But lions are not stupid big, and usually meet healthy adult hippos will also take a detour to leave.
Moreover, the hippopotamus meat is not delicious, and the risk of hunting the hippopotamus is large, which is completely a thankless thing, and it is not as simple as hunting a bison.
But there will always be lions who are forced by hunger to risk secretly hunting small hippos, and if the hippopotamus parents know, the lions will be chased and beaten by the hippopotamus couple.
Therefore, in the grassland, there are often scenes of hippos beating lions.
Is the hippopotamus invincible on the prairie?
Although hippos can kill crocodiles and fat beat lions in seconds, they are not invincible.
As we said earlier, hippos are the third largest mammals on land, and the first and second are African elephants and African rhinos that can crush hippos.
Rhinos are similar in size to hippos, but in weapons, rhino horns completely kill hippos' canine teeth.
Hippopotamus's attack method is mainly to open its mouth to bite the opponent, while the rhino can directly stab the rhino horn into the mouth of the hippopotamus and give it a nucleic acid test.
And the rhino has a more grumpy temper than a hippopotamus, and it is completely lifeless to fight.
However, the rhino is on land all day, and generally does not take the initiative to provoke hippos, but it has a spirit of not being afraid of losing, and it is good not to fight, and it can fight for several hours in a dry battle.
Therefore, if the hippopotamus meets the rhinoceros, it can only concede defeat and jump into the river to hide.
In addition to rhinos, elephants are also crushing presences for hippos.
As the largest mammal on land, elephants can reach a length of more than 8 meters, shoulder height of about 4 meters, and weigh more than 8 tons.
The hippopotamus followed the adult elephant, and from a distance it looked, not as tall as the elephant's legs.
And the hippopotamus's teeth are not a threat to the elephant, even if the hippopotamus rushes forward and bites the elephant's thigh with its mouth wide open, but for the elephant with thick skin, it is comparable to scratching the itch, and it is not threatening at all.
As the king of crushing, the elephant is not only a hippopotamus, but even the rhinoceros is not his opponent, and they do not have any strength to fight back in front of the elephant.
But thankfully, elephants are vegetarian animals, generally only eat tender branches and leaves, do not like to eat meat, if elephants also begin to eat meat, it is estimated that there will be no animals can stop it.
So as long as the hippopotamus is generally not stupid enough to take the initiative to provoke the elephant, otherwise there is no good fruit to eat.
In this regard, what other natural enemies do you think can single out the hippopotamus of persimmons? Welcome to leave a comment.
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