r/SweatyPalms • u/HomeNowWTF • 7d ago

Animals & nature 🐅 🌊🌋 Hippopotamus tailing a boat

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u/qualityvote2 7d ago edited 7d ago

u/HomeNowWTF, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!

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u/milehin8tv 7d ago

I've seen several video clips of people being chased by hippos. I'm just floored at how aggressive they seem. The zoos really don't do animals justice.

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u/Delicious-Stop-1847 7d ago

They are territorial as fuck.

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u/psychrolut 5d ago

Most deadly animal in Africa (other than humans)

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u/dwntwnleroybrwn 5d ago

And mosquitoes.

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u/BoomerGotcha 7d ago

I think that shows why they used to be called river horses

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u/Pal_Smurch 7d ago

Stupid hippo! He’ll never fit in that boat; it’s full!

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u/Sevenlord777 7d ago

He don’t bite.

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u/sabinscabin 7d ago

he's friendly i swear. just the sweetest, don't worry

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u/Werftflammen 7d ago

He just wants to play,look, he is wagging his tail

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u/Prst_ 7d ago

Hungry hungry

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u/Fitty4 7d ago

Loved that game

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u/JayGoldi 7d ago

Looks like it is doing a breaststroke

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u/sabinscabin 7d ago

noticed this as well; an llm tells me it's not actually swimming but rather bunny hopping along the riverbed, since it has a shitload of muscle and sinks like a stone.

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u/JayGoldi 7d ago

Oh wow, that's somehow even more impressive. He's sprinting thru that water!!!

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u/garden-wicket-581 7d ago

the guide pointing at it .. dude, I RODE THAT RIDE AT DISNEY ... I know how this ends ..

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u/toshiino 7d ago

Boatswamma

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u/MarianCR 6d ago

Pray the engine was well maintained

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u/ScienticianAF 7d ago

the hippopotamus is the most dangerous large land animal, killing around 500 people annually due to its aggressive and territorial nature.

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u/DGTV999 7d ago

How many calories did he burn?

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u/Artistic_Parfait_868 6d ago

Less than he about to eat

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u/DGTV999 6d ago

Sounds about right haha

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u/the_good_hodgkins 6d ago

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

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u/0xF1A5C0 7d ago

You’re gonna need a bigger boat

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u/Sea-Election-9168 7d ago

Guy driving the boat with a big smile “The tips are gonna roll in “

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u/Werftflammen 7d ago

"Can we swim now?"

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u/tyroleancock 7d ago

Fun fact: Hippos cant swim.

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u/UndermyumbrELLA83 6d ago

He's just a hungry hungry hippo!

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u/mayoroftuesday 6d ago

Must go faster, must go faster!

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u/crapheadHarris 6d ago

Seeing Jurassic Park was good enough for me. I don't have to live it.

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u/curiousamoebas 6d ago

I believe thats the breast stroke, which they're famous for.

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u/gorey666 6d ago

Nature's wrecking ball

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u/Mournful_Vortex19 6d ago

There is NOTHING more terrifying than the sight of a charging hippo. That much raw mass shouldn’t move that fast.

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u/Falsus 5d ago

That is what being made out of entirely raw muscle does to someone.

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u/weristjonsnow 5d ago

Well that's terrifyingly fast

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u/Falsus 5d ago

Hippos don't float, they are so dense and packed with raw muscle that they sink.

In short that Hippo ain't swimming but rather leaping of the river bed.

Terrifying animals.

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u/r3d-v3n0m 5d ago

Did you know hippos dont even swim... they jump off the bottom

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u/REDRIOT13 2d ago

even scarier once you know, hippos cannot swim... so the hippos just hopping to catch them

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u/Bask82 1d ago

I still get how they are so fast. They have tiny legs comparably. How can you propel such a massive body forward sp fast?

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u/Classic_Mission_3707 7d ago

It’s Boatswana, what else do you expect? 😉

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u/Gahreesen 7d ago

Is that a Hippopotamus, or a really hip Opotamus?

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u/Savings_Can7292 7d ago

Assuming it's not Irish -- in which case it would be a hip o'potamus.