Rhino vs. Hippo...who takes it?

[TheRash]

50/50 but if I had to bet I'd pick the hippo, as much as I hate it.

I just fucking hate Hippo's. Fat slobs that wallow around all day in ponds eating grass, yet they have an attitude that kills everything in sight. I mean what the hell, Hippos are like the dumb fat kid in the playground that has anger issues and beats up the other kids that tried playing in sandbox with him.

Honestly a part of me wants to go Africa and shoot a bunch of Hippos in thier big fucking mouths, maybe show the rest of the group to calm thier shit.

 

[cmw43]

Just looked up their average weights and it seems like Rhinos are on average 20-30% larger. With mostly strength/leverage based attacks in its arsenal it doesnt look good for the Hippo. I doubt the effectiveness of its bites, strong as they are, on the Rhinos massive bone structure.

That being said, im sure a real world encounter ends with the rhino running away lol

Rhino. The horn is the big weapon in this fight, the hippo doesn't really have a way to seriously hurt the rhino. Similar size, but the rhino has a big advantage in natural weaponry.

Rhino's are vegetarian and waayy less aggressive than Hippos. Hippo's kill 500 people a year in Africa, they're very dangerous.

On the extreme ends hippos can get up to 9000lbs compared to 5000lb rhinos.

This hippo in the article below drowned the rhino.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3839869/video-hippo-drowns-rhino-in-south-africa-national-park/

They also eat crocodiles.

 

[cmw43]

Here's a rhino ragdolling a 1300 lb cape buffalo (the second deadliest animal in Africa behind the hippo) like a toddler.


Until you see one in person, it's hard to grasp just how big they are. Most people probably assume they're cow-sized.

They kill crocodiles and lions with these.

Hippo's not scared of a cape buffalo either.

 

[ArtemV]

I go with a Hippo. But it is difficult, Rhino needs many punctures to the skin with his horns, Hippo defeats the Rhino by biting him?

 

[Possum Jenkins]

Average hippo vs average rhino, a hippo probably takes it.

But a pissed off, game rhino wrecks anything that's not an elephant. Those vids showing them ragdolling buffaloes are insane. There's also a video of one "accidentally" put in a cage with a zebra. Yeah, a zebra is a lot lighter but the brutality the rhino unleashes is still shocking. Just tossed it around mercilessly.

 

[Bacco]

50/50 but if I had to bet I'd pick the hippo, as much as I hate it.

I just fucking hate Hippo's. Fat slobs that wallow around all day in ponds eating grass, yet they have an attitude that kills everything in sight. I mean what the hell, Hippos are like the dumb fat kid in the playground that has anger issues and beats up the other kids that tried playing in sandbox with him.

Honestly a part of me wants to go Africa and shoot a bunch of Hippos in thier big fucking mouths, maybe show the rest of the group to calm thier shit.

They know how to be quiet when they need to

 

[scorpipede]

Low key pissed off the the people who cut the rhino’s horn.
L

Don't they do that so they aren't targeted by poachers?

 

[The HAMA]

Randy randy rhinos.

Hahaha... Rowdy Rousey Rhino!

 

[TheRash]

They know how to be quiet when they need to

So basically they are the dumb fat kid that is also a bully. First sign of a larger animal and they whimper quietly.

 

[armbarforhire]

They know how to be quiet when they need to

Hippo's moving their fat asses.

 

[Drain Bamage]

Rhino's are vegetarian and waayy less aggressive than Hippos. Hippo's kill 500 people a year in Africa, they're very dangerous.

On the extreme ends hippos can get up to 9000lbs compared to 5000lb rhinos.

This hippo in the article below drowned the rhino.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3839869/video-hippo-drowns-rhino-in-south-africa-national-park/

They also eat crocodiles.

Wikipedia says Rhinos are bigger

 

[JinKazama]

African poachers

 

[MWB1982]

Rhino all day if he is pissed



I saw a vid years ago of a rhino that killed a horse that was somehow put in the same cage with him..

The rhino was throwing the horse up into the air over and over and over intil the horse died.. The horse went airborn 5 or 6ft over the rhino's head... All the rhino did was move his head up and down and the horse went flying...

Can't find the video anymore but when I saw it, I was shocked at the power of the rhino...

 

[Iron Nick]

Hippo. A Rhino could pierce a Hippo's skin but Rhinos are dumb and easily intimidated so they run away from Hippos most of the times. TierZoo is a great channel for this kind of thing.

Like.

I see you're a man of culture as well!

 

[MWB1982]

It also makes a difference if the rhino's horn is sharp or rounded off...

The dull, rounded pff horned rhinos would lose against a hippo.. A sharp horned rhino would put massive holes into the hippo... Rhino with a sharp horn could gore the hippo right under the chin, straight thru is skull.. Or rip it's abdomen open until all the hippo's guts are laying on the ground...

 

[tangata motu'a]

Rhino's are vegetarian and waayy less aggressive than Hippos. Hippo's kill 500 people a year in Africa, they're very dangerous.

On the extreme ends hippos can get up to 9000lbs compared to 5000lb rhinos.

This hippo in the article below drowned the rhino.

problem with this photo/video is that rhino previously had its horn removed. kinda makes things uneven

 

[tangata motu'a]

after reading that other thread, I am convinced both a Rhodesian ridgeback and a kangal would easily beat both a rhino and hippo

 

[Midnighter]

They know how to be quiet when they need to

 

[Otto!]

2 years ago I went on 3 safaris in Kenya. We got to see both up close, and they are both impressive. I think i would favour the hippo slightly just for sheer aggression. Our guides gave hippos plenty of space.

 

[Paladin]

Don't they do that so they aren't targeted by poachers?

Yes, true. The poachers are the true scum, causing Rhinos to lose their massive horn advantage and get tossed around by hippos.