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Hippo is the "number one deadly animal" in Africa. Can crocodiles threaten it in the water?

Adult hippopotamus crocodiles are no threat at all. First of all, their constitutions are different. Hippos can grow to more than three tons in adulthood, and crocodiles can only grow to one ton at most. Moreover, the bite force of crocodiles is not strong, and it has no effect on hippos, a thick-skinned animal. They don't bite people, so crocodiles dare to provoke anything except hippos, rhinos and elephants. These three animals can't be treated at their own level at all, and

I believe everyone knows that crocodiles, a fierce animal, are distributed in Africa and Asia and can be described as the overlord in the river. In Africa, crocodiles not only attack animals in the water, but sometimes land animals may become crocodile food if they pass through the water without paying attention. It can be said that many animals are afraid of crocodiles, but in Africa, there is another land animal that is often in rivers, and that is hippopotamus. Hippos are very huge. Adult hippopotamus weighs 3~4 tons, has thick skin and can open its mouth wide. Many people want to know whether hippos are afraid of crocodiles, but it is impossible.

Under normal circumstances, an adult hippo is not afraid of any crocodiles at all, because the adult hippo is so big and its skin is quite thick. No matter how strong the crocodile bite, it dare not provoke the hippo, because the crocodile skin of the hippo can't bite through at all, and the hippo can bite the crocodile in two, so the crocodile dares to provoke anything except the hippo, even against animals such as buffalo and wildebeest, even if it reaches the shore, because it can't beat the lion.

Because crocodiles are good at turning over after biting their prey, the prey will be knocked over and lose the power to resist, but this is useless to hippos, rhinos and elephants, because the skin of this giant animal is quite thick, crocodiles can't hurt them at first, and they won't turn around, so elephants, rhinos and hippos basically have no natural enemies on land, including lions. Unless they are hungry, they dare not attack them.