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(12-11-2018, 12:11 PM)Rishi Wrote: Hippos deserve the place amongst 5 most dangerous animals
One zoo-keeper told me that hippos are the most dangerous from all herbivores in captivity. Hippos never get used to the guy who feed them even after years and you cant never trust them, while elephants and rhinos get used to the people who feed them.
The reason why hippos were not included in the classical "Big Five of Africa" by hunters is that probably their trophies were not so valued for some reasons or maybe because their hunting was not so interesting and didn't represent a big challenge.
Among the big beasts in Africa, hippos are certainly the most dangerous ones. In captivity too. But the keepers also told that the elephant's memory isn't a myth. An offended elephant is a vindictive, resentful, animal. A lot of accidents happened because of that. I remember having read a book about "ups and downs" in Germany zoos. A story like a keeper having 6 candies for 7 animals. The aggrieved elephant never didn't forget and killed this keeper with him once.
About the "big five" , this distinction is quite subjective. Lions, elephants, rhinos, buffalos and leopards make us evoked free animals in open big spaces (savannah !). The hippos ? Wallowed all over each other around or into muddy water points... It isn't as flashy !
