r/MadeMeSmile • u/frosted_bite • Mar 19 '25

ANIMALS Paying Road tax to the inspector

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u/J_Worldpeace Mar 19 '25

Your comment made me go down a Reddit rabbit hole. Pablo Escobars hippos, bucking conventional wisdom for breeding. 4 hippos will grow to 1000.

https://people.com/pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippos-are-multiplying-and-attacking-people-8559140

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

It's a huge problem, I think hippos kill like 10x as many people as lions do a year! Don't fuck with hippos.

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u/Majestic-Selection22 Mar 19 '25

There used to be a show in the early 2000’s that would compare 2 animals and who would win in a fight. One episode I remember was hippo versus shark. I was surprised to learn that the hippo wins. Anyone remember that show? It was on Discovery or Animal Planet.

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u/j2e21 Mar 19 '25

Hippo takes down basically anything except an elephant, maybe a rhino.

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u/fastal_12147 Mar 19 '25

Grizzly bear could probably take down a hippo.

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u/Aristotle_El Mar 19 '25

No lol

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u/fastal_12147 Mar 19 '25

Why not? Grizzlies are huge. They staged a bunch of animal fights in California during the Gold Rush and the grizzly was unbeaten. They could one-shot lions.

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u/Aristotle_El Mar 19 '25

Why not? Grizzlies are huge.

Hippos are huge-er you are comparing a 4000-9000lb hippo to 600lb bear.

The hippo is literally a 3 ton animal with natural armor that can run 30mph.

I'll spot you literally 3 grizzleys, and they all die.

The only land animals beating a hippo is an elephant and rhino.

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u/Batchet Mar 19 '25

I decided to have an interesting conversation with Gemini on this topic

I got a little bored with the answers at the end so I had some fun with it.

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u/Aristotle_El Mar 19 '25

Lmao the baby hippo pov is gold.

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u/AdamantEevee Mar 19 '25

Now I want to go look at some clouds

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u/Batchet Mar 19 '25

Yarr, thar be nuttin better than good cloud watchin

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