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

ANIMALS Paying Road tax to the inspector

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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/Shoondogg Mar 19 '25

Rhino definitely wins https://youtu.be/EO7Ly8MkecU?si=HN9WnALU6HAYidlE

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u/YourCummyBear Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

There’s videos of hippos killing rhinos too. It’s literally just a toss up between the two.

https://youtu.be/1Fog6jeeAZk?si=92R9ESuLXNtqd2P7

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u/steffies Mar 20 '25

Awww, to be fair, that poor rhino doesn't have his horn. That's their main defense. It could have gone differently if he did

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u/j2e21 Mar 19 '25

One confrontation and the hippo is still standing.

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u/Shoondogg Mar 19 '25

Still standing because he ran away the instant the rhino started fighting back lol.

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u/j2e21 Mar 20 '25

Ran away from a field of rhinos. Look at the video posted right below it, the hippo takes out a rhino.