Top 7 interesting facts about Hippopotamus

Predators of hippo

Many carnivore creatures including birds eat a hippo’s meat, but very few can kill a hippo on their own. Since a single bite from a hippo can crush a lion as if it is nothing, lions can only chase a hippo in a huge herd. Besides lions, the Speckled Hyena and the Nile crocodiles are the other predators of hippos. Due to their size and aggressiveness, grown-up hippos are seldom preyed on and, hunters only target the young calves occasionally.

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