Timeline for What good are herbivores in an animal army?
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| Jun 6, 2016 at 16:53 | comment | added | user20787 | I have never before seen a photo of an elephant beating up a hippo. Today is a good day. | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:55 | comment | added | user3082 | @autar 73 species of shark are vulnerable->critically endangered; great white, hammerheads, etc. among them. mojo Hippos have thick skin (need a large gun to start to do damage), are much faster than humans, and mass the size of a car; plus teeth/etc. Getting a gun is only going to help if you were armed for elephant/rhino/hippo to start with (heavy, big guns). Fleeing will get you run down and trampled or gored/bitten. Probably take down trees too. | |
| Sep 21, 2015 at 13:11 | comment | added | Autar | @mojo IIRC it's also because they move mostly during the night, are more commonplace in urban area than (at least African) elephants / rhinos / lions / etc, are highly territorial and aggressive when defending said territory. They are also (I think) way more numerous than the other mentioned species (with the exception of sharks). | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 21:36 | comment | added | SJuan76 | @mojo AFAIK, the issue is that hippos like to stay submerged in rivers, where they are difficult to spot. This makes easier for people to inadvertently get inside its "safety zone" than inside the safety zone of elephants or rhinos. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 18:54 | comment | added | Nolonar | Here's my translation to @Raystafarian's link: "A mother's courage sometimes knows no limit! During his travel in the private park of Erindi in Namibia, the photograph, Mr. Ryan van Shalkveyk was fortunate enough to capture a fight (without casualties, I assure you) so rare I decided to show you! Indeed, that day, an elephant charged towards a group of hippos. The group's female assumed a good position to receive the attack, giving her children enough time to flee. The mother was not gravely injured. Her thick skin protected her and the elephant did not use its tusks." | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:31 | comment | added | mojo | @Guarav, That might be because people don't immediately flee (or get their guns) when they see one in the wild. | |
| Sep 17, 2015 at 0:31 | comment | added | Gaurav | +1 Hippos kill more people every year than lions, elephants, wolves and sharks combined. | |
| Sep 16, 2015 at 17:27 | comment | added | Raystafarian | I found it | |
| Sep 16, 2015 at 16:33 | comment | added | Raystafarian | Please, I need context for these photos! | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 21:33 | history | edited | Tim B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2015 at 21:23 | history | answered | ckersch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |