One of the most dangerous and
fierce animals in the animal
kingdom is actually the
hippopotamus. Their size,
strength and aggressiveness
makes them a formidable
opponent against most animals.
Hippos are dangerous
creatures and are the animals
responsible for more human
deaths than other animals,
even crocodiles.
The common
hippo has really thick skin,
several inches thick in places
and as tough as rubber, so it s
hard to pierce their hides.
They also have an impressive
bite force with
really large teeth.
The canines of a
hippo are self sharpening and
are over a foot long each, and
the pressure at each one of
their canines is
about 450 pounds per square inch.
Hippos can defend
themselves in a variety of ways.
Surprisingly for their size,
they re speedy runners, hitting
top speeds of around 30 miles
per hour. That said they don t
often run from a fight as they
can take on most predators.
They use their teeth
to pierce the body of other
animals and use their massive
size to their advantage.
These highly aggressive
animals are unpredictable
and can attack with little
provocation. In hippos and lion
fight, the hippo usually wins.
The exception may be if a
pride of lions attacks a single
hippo. Even then, the hippo
is significantly larger, capable
of moving swiftly on land
or in water, and has large teeth
to defend itself. In
hippos and crocodiles
fight, hippos are quite
capable of defending
themselves against
crocodiles. Even though the crocs
have sharp teeth and a stronger
bite force, it s difficult
for them to pierce the
hippo s tough hide. In
contrast, the lower canines of
the hippo can bite right
through a crocodile. As
such, crocodiles and hippos often
co exist peacefully and
leave each other alone. The
crocodile knows it s not likely
to win that fight. In hippos
and rhino fight, both animals are
highly territorial, but
the hippo is much more
aggressive. When rhinos
fight, they normally don't
amount to more than some horn
clashing and a little urine
spraying. Male hippos, on the
other hand, regularly
inflict serious injuries on each
other with their massive teeth.
The rhino has an impressive
charge, but in close combat the
enormous gape of the
hippopotamus's mouth probably
gives it the advantage over
the horn of the rhino.
The hippopotamus is
considered the world's
deadliest large land mammal.
Hippos are highly
aggressive and are
well-equipped to
deliver considerable
damage to anything that
wanders into their territory.
Wild dogs hunt mainly at dawn
and dusk because they use their
sense of sight to find prey.
They usually approach
silently, pursue the fleeing prey
until it tires, and then attack
and kill the animal.
Wild dogs do not have
big powerful
jaws like cats so they cannot
bring down large animals alone.
Hunting in a pack requires
cooperation among pack
members, this enables wild
dogs to bring down animals
five times their size.
In hippos and wild dogs
fight, the weight of a male
hippo is around 1500 untill 1800
kilogram. The weight of a
female hippo is around 1300
untill 1500 kilogram.
Meanwhile, body weight of adults
wild dogs, range from 18 to 36
kilogram. From this, we can see
that hippos's weight nearly
around 80 times bigger than wild
dogs.
So, its difficult to
determine the victory of the
wild dogs's herd over the hippos.
Unless the wild
dogs pack are very large or
they attack young hippos.
Warthogs are pigs who live in
open and semi-open
habitats, even in quite arid
regions, in sub-Saharan
Africa.
Although covered in bristly
hairs, their bodies and heads
appear largely naked from a
distance, with only the crest
along the back, and the tufts on
their cheeks and tails being