Why are meat eating crocodiles afraid of vegetarian hippos? What s so scary about hippos?

Updated on science 2024-07-05
14 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    Crocodiles are much smaller than hippos, and with their rough skin and thick flesh, crocodiles are unable to attack hippos effectively. The scary thing about hippos is their short temper.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Hippos are artiodactyls, and this animal is extremely powerful, and when it feels threatened, it will be very angry, so even crocodiles will be afraid. The hippopotamus is a particularly scary animal and is particularly aggressive.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    It is because the hippopotamus has a large mouth, and although it is a vegetarian, the bite force of people's teeth is not covered, and it can bite crocodiles.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    The hippopotamus is also very powerful, its teeth are sharp, it has a defensive and offensive effect, and it can defend against crocodiles.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Because the main way of killing the crocodile is to drag the prey into the water and use the rolling of the waves to kill the prey. Hippos have thick skin and meat that crocodiles can't bite them, and hippos can move freely underwater.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Because the hippopotamus has a strong attack, neither hippopotamus nor crocodile will win a fight. Knowing the reason, crocodiles can't eat hippos.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Because hippos are very large in size and have a lot of weight. Crocodiles have a hard time eating hippos, so they won't eat hippos.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Crocodiles do not eat hippos.

    The crocodile and the enemy fight method (dragging the enemy into the water) is ineffective for hippos, hippos can swim, but also can dive, there is a special, like a valve with flexible muscle tissue, can close the ears and nostrils when diving, most of the day in the water, each dive time can be about 5 10 minutes, but can also lie in the water for half an hour without coming out to breathe.

    And the hippopotamus has a thick layer of ** wrapping, the thickness of the back and sides can reach 4 5 cm, the skin is thick and smooth five hairs, crocodiles do not eat hippos because hippos are not good to eat and can not be mouthed.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Eat, but generally do not eat in the case of a big hippopotamus, 1 is afraid to eat 2 is not cost-effective to eat, eat a meal.

    It's better to be beaten than to eat a pony by the river.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Because the physical strength of the two animals is different, the attack power of the hippopotamus is relatively large. The hippopotamus is relatively large in size and is very powerful.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    This is because the hippopotamus is very large, and the hippopotamus is a relatively strong sense of territory, and if it is violated, it will become particularly strong, and it will also launch a fierce attack on the aggressor. Hippos are able to suppress crocodiles with their massive bodies.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Because hippos are very lethal and have a large difference in size from crocodiles, hippos are more dominant. Maybe it's volume.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Because the strength of the hippopotamus is very strong, the hippopotamus will bring some damage to it, so it is very afraid of the hippopotamus, and the strength of the hippopotamus is very strong.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Hippos are not afraid of crocodiles. Although the crocodile is a carnivorous predator, but there is a huge gap in size with the hippopotamus, the adult hippopotamus is second only to the elephant, the rhinoceros, plus its ** thick, not afraid of the crocodile bite at all, and the hippopotamus's mouth can be opened to a maximum of 180 degrees, the fangs are up to 75 cm, and a bite is fatal to the crocodile.

    Although the bite force of the hippopotamus is not as large as that of the strongest bay crocodile, it can reach up to 2,000 pounds, and the spear-like teeth are very sharp, and the hippopotamus also has a lot of germs in its mouth, so once bitten, it is likely to cause the other party to become infected.

    In the African savannah, even the lion is no match for it.

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