Why is a killer like a crocodile afraid of hippos?

Crocodile is considered to be one of the predators, possessing incredible hunting speed, while the Hippo has a gentle, chubby appearance. So why should alligators be afraid of hippos?

Crocodile is considered to be one of the predators, possessing incredible hunting speed, dubbed the innate assassins with countless deadly "weapons". Despite the gifted natural ability, respectable patience when hunting, but the innate killer was afraid of hippos an animal seemed to be very gentle.

Hippos possess many scary weapons that make the crocodile wary.

Hippopotamus is the third largest terrestrial mammal (from 1½ to 3 tons), after three elephants (3 to 9 tons) and white rhinoceros (1½ to 3½ tons), 3.6-4 m long, height from 1.5-1.7m. Despite being a herbivore, the hippopotamus is one of the most dangerous animals in Africa, and is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world.

Hippos and crocodiles are predominantly aquatic and on land they have very high territorial protection behavior. Therefore, when they live close to each other, there are often intense clashes.

While hippos are not pure carnivores, they are large herbivorous mammals, but hippos possess many intimidating weapons such as: wide jaws, thick skin across armor, with erratic personalities. , strong, strong bite force of their jaws can attack crocodiles or crush crocodiles about 3m long

If the crocodile accidentally angered this animal or intend to attack the baby hippo for food they will suffer the wrath of the hippopotamus mother and it is difficult for the entire life to escape the huge jaw with the tooth. Sharp fangs of hippo.

Even crocodiles often accept peaceful coexistence with hippos on a river. Even small hippos can blatantly walk through a huge swarm of crocodiles.

There will be times when hippos even threaten crocodiles, causing them to flee or turn them into hippos toys. Adult hippos often enjoy eating the crocodile tail to train their teeth to become strong.

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