..hippos are extemely dangerous animals in the wild. In an average year in Africa, hippos kill a far larger number of humans than any other mammal, except other humans. Hippos are short-tempered, huge animals that spend most of their days beneath the surface of shallow waters. When boats or swimmers pass overhead or near-by, they respond to the potential threat by snapping at them with their enormous jaws. It’s a defensive action, not a hunting action, but that is small consolation to the families of those who were bitten in half or to those who were bitten.
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http://johnmckay.blogspot.com/2006/09/mammoths-mastodons-and-killer-hippos.html
