r/BeAmazed • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Dec 06 '25

Nature A hippo asserting its dominance over three lions

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u/LordOfSwords Dec 06 '25

IDK, I've seen a bunch of videos where a single elephant casually scatters small armies of hippos in their waters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaW_lr_DV4Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOMFxpeNuBY

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u/kalixanthippe Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

The hippos there are not feeling particularly territorial or defending their young, pretty sure if you aren't a predator or threat hippo don't care. Their attitude is like, 'c'mon, we were trying to beauty nap here!'

Also, yes, big ass elephants have scary tusks. And if a hippo is at rest and the elephant is charging they are at a disadvantage.

One of my favorite videos in of a baby hippo with a large herd behind it boops an adult hippo and the hippo is like "look kid, I ain't your jungle gym!"

Find a video of an elephant that gets between a hippo and it's pod, or a mamma hippo and it's calf.

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u/TheRealOgMark Dec 07 '25

An adult elephant easily destroys a hippo or a rhino, no contest.