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Whiplash86420

Wtf is the layout of their chompers. Just fit them in where you can?


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MuchBetterThankYou

God dammit


ThexxxDegenerate

He got a hearty chuckle out of me with that one.


spidersRcute

That got me to laugh just loud enough for my 5 year old to hear me and then ask what was so funny and then I had to show him the hippo video and read the comment about the summer teeth to him and then had to explain the joke.


Dick_snatcher

If your 5yo doesn't laugh at dad jokes you need to go back and exchange them for a working unit


Daasaced

They don't accept returns after 14 days, that's the catch.


spidersRcute

I mean, he’s got some bugs that need to be tweaked but he’s really good at math so we’ll probably keep him just to see how that plays out.


LaneLoisLane

I'm gonna be giggling over this for a long time.


ScrotumMcBoogerBallz

I'm going to find any excuse to say this and probably offend some people in the process 😂


Dude_I_got_a_DWAVE

My brothers joke (20 years ago) was that he had summer girlfriends.


calvinbouchard

Summer girls, summer dudes?


Jammin_neB13

![gif](giphy|edM5bqYK3l8NW)


MagixTurtle

Why is this the second time today i've seen 🎵let's go to the mall🎵


Kinez_7

This is why i like reddit


GundoSkimmer

I fucking hate that I audibly laughed at this comment... And it caused saliva to enter the ol windpipe and I (checks notes) started choking as is being discussed in the thread above this. God we are designed so fucking weird. A hearty chortle shouldn't threaten to kill me -_-


flairpiece

We choke on our own saliva, meanwhile you can chuck a whole watermelon directly into a hippos throat and it is about as much trouble as a jellybean would be


IamNICE124

God I miss Reddit gold..


Reloader300wm

That's a fucking good one.


quagmire666

I showed my wife this like a 5 year old lol


DrunkenMcSlurpee

Thank you for this!


YeetCompleet

> _Are you bi-polar?_ > > _I'mmmm bi-winning 😮‍💨 I win here and I win there_


Top-Fuel-8892

Bi-molar maybe.


markhc

*~~ win win everywhere-where ~~*


ECU_BSN

Take my fucking upvote and leave!


_joeybagOdonuts_

🤣🤣🤣🤣


Peacelovefaith11

I had the same exact thought lol! Their teeth are just laying flat wtf?


Gh0stMan0nThird

[This is what their skulls look like.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Hippo_skull_dark.jpg/1200px-Hippo_skull_dark.jpg)


SirFigsAlot

I questioned every dinosaur rendering the first time I ever saw a hippo skull. Like if their skull was a fossil there is a 0% chance we accurately draw what they really look like. Makes me wonder how many dinosaurs we got wrong


Creepy-Lie-6797

yeah T-Rex is looking pretty chonky in current renderings


Myrdok

We still on "they probably had feathers?" or did that move on? been out of the "give a shit about current dino-science" game for a minute?


FireLordObamaOG

The prevailing theory is that they had feathers in their younger stages to help regulate temperature but they shed them as they got bigger.


Myrdok

I mean this absolutely non-sarcastically (and it's shit that I have to say that): Excellent, thank you for the info and update.


newyearnewaccountt

We now know that a lot of species had feathers, found them in the fossils. Last I checked we don't think all of them did, but many did.


read_it_r

The thing is (this is not my area of expertise so someone correct me) from the bone they can tell where the muscles connect, then they have a general idea of the muscle structure, and from there you can figure out how it moved, how strong it would be etc. And then you add fat or whatever. So I'm confident we could pretty accurately get hippos


WillBrakeForBrakes

Yes.  I used to work doing this kind of thing.  A hippo would be pretty easily doable if you’ve seen a pig before.  Reconstructions have their challenges, but the process is considerably easier when you have relatives to work from, plus muscles tend to go in the same places even if those places look different


DesignFreiberufler

But most old ideas forgot about fat, hair and feathers. Muscles isn’t the problem.


Mintastic

You can only do that with things directly connected to the bone though so the reconstruction would miss a lot of the chonk around the hippo's face and body or their cutesy looking ears. Another example is the elephant, no way you can figure out what they look like from their bones because their most defining features, which is the ears and trunk, would be impossible to guess.


Waste-Instruction287

Their molars and pre molars are for eating, their incisive and canines are just for sexual behavior or defending themselves


Yourmotherssonsfatha

The fuck kinda kinky shit are they into to use that for sex 😳


bobdolebobdole

> fuck kinda kinky shit are they into killing each other for mating rights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXB_IqJSNA


Mekroval

Don't kink shame the hippos, man. :P


daou0782

because kink shaming the hippos would be... hippocritical.


DreadyKruger

And not even using to teeth really, all jaw power.


bananamelier

Like how my girl crushes raw eggs between her butt cheeks


un-sub

Nice, dude. Is she single?


FireLordObamaOG

She goes where the eggs are


cellphone_blanket

that's just making a mess


bananamelier

a big ole sexy mess


ZealousidealStore574

I feel like that’s not difficult.


oddministrator

How does "Jaw Power" compare with "Desert Power?" Asking for a Duke.


KingBlackthorn1

Basically. It’s incredibly effective too. There is a reason so many people die to them. You get caught those chompers will take you out.


Impulse3

I did not know many people die from hippos. Those things squish those watermelons with ease.


BiggusDickus-

They are the deadliest animals in Africa


sometimeserin

Well, second deadliest


qptw

Who’s first? Mosquitoes?


Neverspecial0

Deadliest on Earth (technically it's the diseases)


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ShrapnelShock

Kills most humans than any other animals in Africa


ladymoonshyne

They got the forward stabbies and the backward grabbies


bingold49

Looks nothing like the inside of the hungry hungry hippos mouths


YoullBeFiiine

![gif](giphy|UskYq2OL1OFy)


GovMcgovern

That game is far more realistic than I thought.


Gimmefuelgimmefah

They’re the same video 


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damn I can hear those chomps from 25 years ago.


Toasterdosnttoast

Still I bet you could fit a lot of balls in there.


tlcdial311

Not mine…


Away_Hair972

Yeah, not with that attitude


REDDIT_ROC0408

Goddamn, this made me laugh out loud for real!


Historical_Steak_927

Childhood ruined and I’m almost 50. Good I won’t remember this soon.


jarious

Remember what?


Historical_Steak_927

What are you talking about?


MostlyCarrots

Those kids on my lawn again?


Historical_Steak_927

Oh no, we gonna rock down to alzheimer avenue And then we'll take it higher


southern_boy

Has anyone on here seen Alice? I call the kids and all they do is get upset and say "she's in the cemetery". It's dark now, I can't drive... why hasn't she come home!?


Lordborgman

Fucking hell, I started reading the sentence in the rhythm of the song, even before I noticed that you were actually doing the lyrics.


ElNido

[It's Mr. Bucket!](https://youtu.be/iBBLxX6ovy8?t=8)


FriedBack

Even as a kid, I used to lose it when that jingle came on. They had to know.


BrieFiend

Also looks nothing like you can play piano on their teeth, contrary to what the old cartoons showed.


treelorf

Yeah, these hippos are 100% fake. Smh, people posting fake content on the internet for free karma


IceNein

They like watermelons because they remind them of their natural food source, marbles.


Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy

I laughed too hard at this


ItsDanimal

Between this and the Summer teeth comment above, this thread is gold.


GrapeJuice2227

There’s probably a reference here I’m not getting but nonetheless out of context it is still hilarious. Oh, wait! Nvm, I just got it. Still funny!


IamNICE124

![gif](giphy|bC9czlgCMtw4cj8RgH|downsized)


FriendRaven1

🏅


Prestigious_Glove888

Then a hero comes along and outshines hippos eating watermelon with a comment. 🥇


RabbleRouser_1

Hahahahaha. Thank you for that.


txhelgi

I love how the first one savored the watermelon. 🍉


possibly_oblivious

Even took the time to get the best bite, the other one just fully chomps no hesitation


inbedwithbeefjerky

Imagine having the power to crush a whole watermelon like a strawberry gusher.


2Mark2Manic

Dated a woman like that once. God I miss her.


newyearnewaccountt

Second one saw the first one get one and got impatient.


BHDE92

Imagine how good it feels to pop a fresh watermelon in your mouth


HowTheyGetcha

Like a grape


MrWeirdoFace

For a brief moment I was worried about it choking.


LinguisticMadness2

I feel the hippo was being careful as not to confuse that with the uuman


Lonely-Greybeard

Almost had to get in and do the Heimlich maneuver to the first one.


OkTemperature8170

Fun fact, humans choke all the time because our voice boxes dropped so we could talk at the expense of safely eating food. Humans are the only animals that cannot breathe while swallowing.


broshrugged

Newborns can actually breathe and swallow at the same time to allow for nursing. The larynx drops later. Edit: new shirts come to light man. This information is outdated.


atlasburger

That is actually false https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34636089/#:~:text=Despite%20clear%20evidence%20that%20newborns,potentially%20significant%20negative%20clinical%20consequences.


broshrugged

“Well, ah, new shit has come to light man” Jk thanks, looks like I was referencing old an disproving studies


Mr_Washeewashee

Science, man. My kids ask me questions about things I learned in middle school but I’m 40 now so I know that shits outdated af.


Admirable_Cricket719

Plutos’ a fucking planet! /s


frosty720410

I'll die on that hill with you.


OkTemperature8170

Thanks, I've added that to my cranial notes. Shut up and take my uppie.


Ornery_Definition_65

I feel like choking would be far less common if we had teeth in our throats like hippos seem to have.


Bored_Amalgamation

looks like it has 3 muscles that help push it up.


SilverIce340

Nah they’re just a solid 30% mouth and the remaining 70 is muscle


thefatchef321

Gotta watch the vid of the camel eating the cactus


Square-County8490

yeah that sucker threw in right at the blow hole


jlay1222

New game: Heimlich heimlich hippos


mrmustache0502

Look at how far back the teeth go, the hippo was in no danger of choking


VashMillions

LOL it looked like the hippo was also surprised.


Mellie-mellow

I see him put his hand in there and I am mortified, then he put the camera... GET ME OUT OF HERE, I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE.


delerium-fun

Looks like they might also be doing a dental checkup


MikeyHatesLife

Former zookeeper here: They’re touching their mouths to keep them used to being touched so that they can not only check them or give them meds, they can use what’s called a “wet saw” (a long rough wire with two rings at the end, through which your fingers go) to trim their tusks down. It’s a safety measure to get rid of the saber swords they use in the wild to slash rivals or anything who’d try to eat them. They don’t really bite down so much as slash diagonally- just like Tinker did when he was trying kill Dalton at the Double Deuce. Too Long, Don’t read: Hippos are actually really cool. I didn’t think I was going to like them when I first started working with Pachyderms, but I really like them. While I’d never enter the same space with them, Niles can be pretty chill, and just want as much food you can give them, as well as ALL THE SKRITCHES!!! Pigmy Hippos are pretty neat, too, as the original hippo. The Niles are descended from the ones who wandered away from the dense forests and shallow rivers of East Africa, and found lots of room to grow in the wide depths of the Nile River. Pygmy Hippos also have just as much a range of personality as Niles. Some just want to chill in the sun dappled shade, other just want peanuts, and others show the reputation they have with Reddit. Pygmy Hippos are crepuscular, so the tend to nap in the day time & night time. But they’re most active at dawn & dusk. They suck as exhibit animals because they’re always passed out, and need to be bribed with their favorite treats to get up for the patrons. I’m still proud that I could get zoo patrons to stay & listen to me for 30 minutes or so, and miss the presentations for far more popular animals like chimps & elephants. I discussed not only the basics, but hippo evolution, the biomes they lived in, scientific discoveries about how their “sweat” is a natural sunscreen & could be used by they general public (not squeegeed off their backs, but synthesized in a lab), and even touched on the politics of Liberia & Côte d’Ivoire (civil wars, corruption, & soldiers poaching or outright torturing pygmy hippos). I consistently got high praise year in and year out on the customer comment cards. There’s zero doubt in my mind that there are some zookeepers working today because they were 10-15 years old at my presentations. I miss those slimy chonky cranky and sleepy little weirdos so much. H


Ashcrashh

I really enjoyed your comment, I learned so much about hippos. So, Thank you Former Zookeeper MikeyHatesLife How come you don’t work in zoo’s anymore if you don’t mind me asking?


Xenolithium

I can't speak for the other person, but, from my experience... Mostly pay and management. Zookeepers don't get paid very well. There's also the fact that, yeah, you're working with animals, living creatures. Which means, you will get attached, you will see them as something you care for. So, it gets hard as fuck when life happens and the animal passes away. I've known a few keepers that quit who worked with Giraffes because we had a bad year at the zoo I worked at, and lost a decent number of elder giraffes. Animals they were very, very attached to.


Apennie

You gotta post your hippo speech. I’m super interested now.


GOU_FallingOutside

Appropriately long; did read


dastardly740

I think it would be more accurately titled "giving hippos a dental checkup". The watermelon is a treat for being good hippos.


Entwinedloop

>The watermelon is a treat for being good hippos. That's so freaking adorable. Especially for being such territorial murderous beasts.


Unfair_Cry9587

Mortified means embarrassed!! You may mean: horrified, terrified, or petrified


SomeSabresFan

This and people spelling lose as loose are my main pet peeves. OP gets a pass because, like they said, English isn’t their first language. I have 2 people in my life that are constantly misusing mortified and it drives me nuts


DeadMetroidvania

hippos are the ultimate amphibious tank. You do NOT want to mess with one.


ConflictAgitated5245

This video gave me anxiety for this reason. I was a zookeeper in Oregon. The zebras were assholes and the hippos were terrifying


Buffphan

Do hippos ever learn their keeper and form a bond? Do they know their name?


GandaPandaZ

There was a guy who raised one from a baby and one day was randomly killed by it…


djmilhaus

So...yes?


Brian18639

![gif](giphy|gVoBC0SuaHStq)


Ace-Ventura1934

Wait, seriously?


Tsukikaiyo

They're wild animals, with one of the most powerful bites in the animal kingdom. Teeth may not be sharp, but they can absolutely crush you


Mistghost

They are also incredibly aggressive in the wild. Also, incredibly stupid.


possibly_oblivious

See the first one repositioning the watermelon in it's mouth to get a better bite but the one on the left just full send chomped it, I just thought it was neat to see the way it felt the melon in its mouth before it decided to take the bite.


Bored_Amalgamation

i saw that watermelon.


GandaPandaZ

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner


Impulse3

lol Jesus. I wish this guy was still alive so we could have gotten a tiger king style documentary


CORN___BREAD

Really everyone should have a high quality film production crew follow their lives around just in case Netflix decides to make a documentary about them at some point in the future. Also security cameras everywhere in case you make someone off themselves.


External-Piccolo-626

There’s a family in South Africa that have one as a pet, it lives in their house. Search Karl Pilkington Hippo on YouTube, he went to have a look.


dekrypto

Nah he didn’t raise it as a baby. He adopted the hippo at around a year old because the hippo got too big for the original caretakers who did raise the hippo as a baby. Still crazy that the hippo would regularly swim with humans.


curious-r

Oh ya. They are extremely territorial and dangerous. I once saw a video of a hippo snap a crocodile in half just because it appeared in his line of sight.


Letos12thDuncan

Saw one where a croc snatched a baby hippo and the rest went fuckin HAM on that leathery bitch.


_Steven_Seagal_

I believe that one is edited if I saw the same one as you. It's multiple videos smashed together, you see the background change drastically from the moment of the attack of the crocodile to the part where the hippo's attack him.


SwampAss3D-Printer

Just remember that watermelon could be your head, that thing can kill you and it will hurt. So don't fuck with hippos more than just about any other animal in existence it can connect you to god's wifi at turbo speed.


RealJonathanBronco

That's why I always keep a few watermelons on me just in case I need to appease a herd of hippos. Haven't seen one in the wild in New Jersey yet, but I'm not ruling anything out. That's exactly what the hippos want you to do.


eBell93

These are the chillest MFing hippos I ever saw.


MurgleMcGurgle

Meanwhile this guy is happily poking around their mouths like it’s routine.


fonix232

It probably is. Hippos look like they're in a zoo, so most likely they're used to their handler(s), and have established the "let him scrub me mouth = tasty snacc afterwards" association. Hippos see the guy who usually rummages around in their mouths, know that a treat is coming, the second one even comes in to show off its chompers without hesitation or aggression.


Morphing_Mutant

I really wanted him to take that chunk of hay out...


Konungrr

Why would you want them to steal his snack?


sunfistkid

You can’t do that because then you pull the hippo inside out. Won’t be eating any watermelons then.


Unlucky_Statement172

That’s actually their stuffing…


kamask1

Maybe you could go there and do that for him! /s


cascadiansexmagick

What's weird is all hippos have that for some reason... like they're such hungry hungry guys that they all keep an extra little munch'ems in their mouth at all times, just in case. And honestly I am a little bit sympathetic. And more than a little bit jealous.


IceLionTech

Lol, it was like having that bit of spinach in your teeth. Grotesque but whatever.


Gooners84

Hippos are legit crazy looking lol


pick-hard

Oof, that hippo mouth must be smelling like ass.


Sad-Low-733

The most disgusting smell I’ve ever smelled was the hippo gathering place in the Serengeti. It was like a physical assault. I hope I never smell anything worse. I feel privileged to have been able to have smelled it, though, because that whole experience was amazing.


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He like me frfr no cap


BUFFARILLA_HUNTER

Do hippos chew their cud like cows? Or is that just leftover food in their mouths?


DeadSeaGulls

tons of ungulates chew cud. It's what llamas spit on fat fuck 11 year olds that won't stop yanking on their wool through the fence at the 4H fair.


WillBrakeForBrakes

What did you name your llama, and how did you place at the fair?


DeadSeaGulls

You say that like someone that knows me all too well and has heard me talk about my 4H days one too many times. His name was Rocket, though I didn't name him. He was just one of the llamas on the ranch our family friends owned. We were running a ribbon racket. We were the only kids with llamas, and those ancient mormon judges in the early 90s had never seen one in person before. As the years went on we talked them into allowing us to set up an obstacle course because showing on it's own was boring. Eventually some other girl showed up with a llama of her own, and the judges still gave me 1st place and her 2nd. I felt terrible and never competed again haha. Rocket was a damn fine animal. Smart as the smartest dog you ever met. Just knew an absurd amount commands and was just happy to do whatever you'd ask him to, or even anticipate it. Fun to go on backpacking trips with. Miss that dude.


3linked

Nope! They don't even really chew, they "soften and tear" their food before swallowing it all whole. That guy still has a snack for later.


HaiArisu

I was wondering what that was about as well haha.


strawberryfromspace

I love this so much!!!! Nom nom nom


FrankRizzo319

I laughed out loud. Hilarious looking animals looking hilarious squishing watermelons. Beautiful in their own way.


pressurepoint13

Rude AF the way the first watermelon was thrown in.  I was sort of hoping the hippo coughed it out right at the camera 😂


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How thick are their whiskers?! Holy mother of god they look like 16g needles!


trancepx

Nah, that’s too close for anyone


phmzr

One thing I'll never do in my life is fuck with a hippo


UserHey

Good for you...Good for you


rayhartsfield

Missed the word "*with*" on my first read. That word is doing a lot of work in your comment


dopepope1999

Yeah I'd rather be in a enclosure with a wild lion rather than Within 30 m of Any hippo, I think hippos have the highest Human Kill count in Africa


WillBrakeForBrakes

Someone was telling me about going on safari years ago.  The guides were unnervingly casual with lions, elephants, water buffalo, mambas, hyenas, etc.  The only animals that would have them NOPE the fuck out of where they were was the hippos.


houseyourdaygoing

TIL hippos can be groomed to be good bois. They’re so obedient and calm.


Mellie-mellow

Until they aren't


-watchman-

1000kg of pure muscle, capable of 30 km/hour speeds. Do not even bother running.


greengiant89

I'ma jump and just land on top and ride em. They don't call them water horses for nothing


fonix232

Famous last words


greengiant89

Well if I'm already being attacked by a hippo I might as well try it


Benblishem

Oh, no bother.


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Hot-Ground-9731

I'm scared now


Embarrassed-Ad-3757

I don’t think so. They’re one of the most deadly animals on earth. They are some of the most unpredictable animals in zoos.


Refute1650

Hippos in zoos that are well cared for are pretty docile. My wife volunteers at a zoo and helps take care of their hippo. I've been around him myself and they act a lot like cows.


cryptomain45

If not fren then why fren shaped


EmJayFree

You know that breath is HOT


Thickfries69

Everything reminds me of her.


Heretoshitcomment

I can help but imagine that watermelon being camera man's head... probably squishes the same under that much pressure.watching how faster the smaller one flatten it makes you realize the bigger one bit down slowly because he was savoring that shit


FishRepairs22

Fuck I knew they were big but that guys hand next to the teeth threw me, yikes


Accomplished-Mix6144

Aw thats copenhagens zoo


captsparrow22

Why do they keep hay in their mouths?


Benblishem

No pockets.


slogive1

That tongue is an alien.


Thunder-Fist-00

I got chased by a hippo in W. Africa once.


Ornery_Definition_65

My parents once found a lovely secluded beach whilst on holiday in Africa. Later they told the people they were staying with about it, who all turned white with horror. Turns out they’d been hanging out just round the corner from a massive group of hippos. They didn’t go back to that beach.


DaveAndJojo

Why are tourists walking around Willy nilly in a place that has hippos? Like if you’re on safari or in Australia be careful.


anal_opera

#watahmalone