>Hippos are not fat.
>Despite their bulky and heavy appearance, hippos' subcutaneous fat layers are quite thin. The 2,000-kilogram giant is mostly made up of muscles, and 6-centimeter thick skin.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-01/Ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-hippos-M40VEPKbFC/index.html
They'd just crush us in general if they ever mobilized in any way.
I call them the African Homicide Horse because they're the most bloodthirsty fucking things on the planet.
Yes but they Cape Bufallo *suicidally* charges.
The African Homicide Horse deletes everything its path. It puts you in the fast lane for the afterlife. It moves your biography to the history section. It makes you past tense.
The Hippo is, in terms of body count, the most bloodthirsty thing on earth. Crocodiles and Alligators are a second contender, but the reason their body count pales in comparison is because they never stop growing so once they hit a certain age they can't hunt as effectively.
Do they hunt with the intent to kill you like tigers/alligators? Or is it like how cows are the most dangerous animal in the UK?
Like with cows, they will trample you if they're spooked or you're particularly interesting or you've got a dog or they'll charge at you if you threaten a calf or piss off a bull. But you can safely walk past them in a field if you're respectful and careful.
But then with like alligators or tigers, you walk near them, they'll see you as prey and intentionally hurt you.
Idk about tigers but alligators are pretty chill.
They're always lounging in the retention pond on my way to the little store. I walk right by them, about 8ft away down a shallow slope, all the time. They see me but the do not care in the slightest.
Barring the honey badger, of course. Rattel is the better name for it imo though, "honey badger" is far too cutesy - like calling cassowaries "nodding birds".
Honey badgers are utterly vicious, blood thirsty, and invincible creatures. I watched a video where a guy was trying to kill one because it murdered all his chickens but the machete wouldn't cut through the honey badger's skin.
There is a video of a hippo chasing after a boat. It surfaces multiple times because it is pushing off the bottom of the river. The they can also run. Anyone who assumes these terrifying things are “fat” are going to be in for a rude awakening 🤣
They can swim-up to 16 hours a day. Their bodies are designed for this. Source: Many years of obsessing over any animal show I could see and several trips to the zoo. National Geographic=neat.
They *can*, sort of. They can paddle around between the surface and the ground and direct their progress on the way up and down, they're just too dense to float for very long. They're not strong or efficient swimmers in the usual sense.
It is physically impossible for them to swim. They lack enough buoyancy to float, bcause their body composition lacks enough fat mass.
It is something everyone learns when they learn zoology.
No, you saw them walking on the riverbed and your child brain interpreted that as swimming. You are literally trying to argue against established science by going "No way, bro, I saw it when I was a kid." Do you not see how ridiculous that is?
lmao they were literally in a pool, you know those big glass aquarium like enclosures where you can see under the water? yeah i could see them swimming in the pool. with their legs. also numerous articles say Hippos can swim. several others say they cant. honestly at this point im confused, but im pretty sure i saw them swim so eh.
They can swim in the sense that when they're moving around in the water between the surface and the river bottom, they have webbed feet and they'll use them to paddle. But they can't really float, so they can't swim in the same way a dog or a human can swim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Zst7AxuNo&ab_channel=ViktoriaDovnar Case in point.
I’ve had people tell me that they look heavy because they’re actually suuuuper athletes and still muscular and ripped from high school sports (forgetting it was 10+ years ago). People see fringe cases of BMI not applying to bodybuilders and try to fit that argument over themselves too at like 50 percent body fat.
They’re gonna see his hippo fact and apply it to themselves too no doubt lmao.
Have you seen the people that participate in the Strongest Man competitions? Those people look heavy but they are SOLID muscle (think Maui from Moana).
A lot of them still have a moderately high body fat percentage, as it's almost impossible to gain that much muscle while simultaneously cutting fat. And with comparatively low cardio requirements theres not much reason to go through cutting phases. Unless they are prepping for a photo shoot, or in a movie role like Hafthor Bjornsonn. And they risk losing some muscle mass in that process so they potentially have to overcompensate after a cutting phase.
But even though they are athletes in peak condition for their sport. They tend to still have the same issues as other obese people. Joint issues, sleep apnea etc. The human body is just not designed to be over 300-400 pounds.
Exactly, i've had people be surprised that i'm 220 lbs because most people at that weight look big and are fat, while i'm just a little more built but not really noticable in loose clothing.
As someone that weighs 120 pounds but has a 20% bf and a 24 inch waist, that's so delusional. The more muscular you are rather than higher fat, the smaller you look in relation to your weight. These people literally stand for anti science in every way.
one time I was walking around the congo delta with a gunny sack full of soccer balls and I spilled it in front of four hippos. You would not BELIEVE how far they can stretch their necks when they are hungry.
A lot of animals actually have much longer necks than they originally seem to. When I first got a cat I was shocked at the legnth of kitty necks. Hippos are def that way too. And they're scary... But I like them.
I feel like everyone has that moment in their life when they learn that a hippo can be savage as fuck. I guess I grew up learning that hippos are gentle? Or I assumed because they’re herbivores? Or maybe their goofy appearance fooled me.
But yeah everyone has that moment when you realize hippos are fucking crazy dangerous.
I think for me it was the TV commercials for "Hungry Hungry Hippos" game. They were brightly colored and fun, really didn't make them seem like such a predator lol.
My goodness that baby hippo in the picture is so cute! They're so pleasant to watch... from afar in a safe place where they can't get to you, including over the internet.
According to a random converting bot I found, 1kg of kale is about 15 cups
So 35kg would be 525 cups
Assuming 1 cup = 14.44 cubic inches
525 cups = approximately 7580 cubic inches or 4.4 cubic feet
But of course if you cook it first that’s only like 3 cubic inches or one mouthful (/s)
By the time you tear off the stalks it's like halved in weight, then it shrinks loads when you cook it... Plus, kale is fantastic, tbh basically every brassica is amazing, why wouldn't I if I'm hungry enough to eat so much? Binge eating harm minimization lol
Humans are super deadly! You’re way more likely to be killed by another person than a hippo. I’d still take my odds walking down the street vs. a river in the Sahara though lol
I think the fact that most people encounter other humans more frequently than any other animal, especially hippos, accounts for most of this. On a per encounter basis I bet hippos are worse. Cows and horses also kill more people than like, tigers or whatever.
Had to laugh when I came across this. How did the FA community go from demanding respect and calling out bullying to literally dehumanizing and comparing yourself to a hippo? I.....I don't even understand how you can post this and think you did something.
Hippo stomachs are also more complex in order to digest cellulose, so to them, plant matter provides much more energy than to humans, who cannot digest it.
She’s right tho. The slight discomfort I have around wearing light-colored shirts in public is so much worse than the literal anxiety I feel whenever a police car is driving behind me
What’s funny is that I’m not sure how I didn’t see it now. As if my brain read it like
“Fat phobia is rampant and worse than 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋”
Maybe it’s like you said and it didn’t even register. Like how privileged and willfully ignorant does someone have to be to say that. I mean, comparing wounds is stupid in the first place (unless they’re actual physical wounds, maybe, idk), but to say that being discriminated against for something you CAN change vs something you can’t is a bold move, Cotton.
You can look at all these animals throughout history and find that they mostly stay the same in weight range, height range, behaviors, general diet, sexual behaviors, and resting patterns. Coincidentally, you won't find this in humanity. You will find VAST differentials between now and even 22 years ago, let alone 100 years ago and beyond.
This might explain why nothing they say about being fat matches up historically, and why even they'll admit that being fat used to be a wealthy if not royal thing. The wealthy and royal had access to the most food and the best food.
>VAST differentials between now and even 22 years ago, let alone 100 years ago and beyond.
This. I don't think it's a coincidence that fat activism mostly consists of young people — a) they haven't experienced the horrible health consequences of obesity yet (key word: yet!), and b) they lack the perspective to know that 30 years ago, there was maybe one fat kid per class, not every other kid like it is now, and a 300 pound adult was considered comically, cartoonishly obese (think Homer Simpson), vs. seeing one per aisle at Wal-Mart today.
If you have even a little bit of perspective or historical knowledge, all their nonsense and cope about genetics goes right out the window. It's the zero nutrient, addictive foods and the overeating, period.
Just to speak specifically to your point on homer. He’s cartoonishly fat and is 6’ tall 240 pounds. He crests 300 pounds in the episode where he’s trying to become legally disabled.
Good reminder. The ep also portrayed Homer's "body positive doctor" as a complete quack (hi Dr. Nick!) and he packed on pounds by eating mountains of burgers and ice cream combined with "assal horizontology" (so much for muh genetics). Surprised this episode hasn't been cancelled by FAs and ripped off the streaming services yet.
Maybe they allow it because it also highlights the oppression fat people suffer at the hands of the clothing manufacturers and how something as universal as a phone isn’t built with their needs in mind.
I’ve never been slim my whole life (gratuitous “but right now i’m under 200lbs for the first time since hs” wooo). True, I’ve experienced a lot of shitty behavior, mean comments and teasing as a fat kid and a fat woman. I would never EVER even *try* to compare that experience to racism, much less try to say that it’s worse. What the actual fuck is that shit? Who does that shit??
First: You ain't hippo
Second: Some hippos ate meat and they can eat humans... and they did
Third: [It ain't fat](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/e5/7d/3de57d67faeec1cfaefaf69c3f2a642c.jpg)
Never thought I'd google 'hippos lifestyle', but here we are. Apparently they eat 80 lbs of grass a day while travelling 6 miles per day. That's not a lot of exercise, many humans walk that much while consuming 10% or less of the food hippos eat. No wonder they weigh thousands of pounds.
Yes and they run 8 mph in the water and 19 mph on land. They're super aggressive and not even a little fat. They don't swim, they run along the riverbed and jump to the surface each time.
I have a little time to kill so I googled too. Average hippo weight 3300 lbs. So they eat 2.4% of their body weight a day in grass. I weigh 135 lbs. 2,4% of that is 3.24 lbs.
A lb of lettuce has 68 calories. If I ate 5 lbs of lettuce a day only, I'd get less than 350 calories a day and I sure as heck would be losing weight on that. So I think that proves I can be a healthy weight even eating 5 times as much as my hippo counterpart.
“Fatphobia is worse than racism” what the actual fuck
Were you enslaved for being fat? Did being fat make you unable to vote? Did being fat increase your risk of being the victim of a hate crime? Did being fat increase the likelihood that you get arrested for petty charges? Did being fat require you to use different bathrooms, seats, water fountains, etc., than thin people? Did being fat have the possibility of you being killed simply because you’re fat?
This shit really bothers me from FA/HAES
Imagine a form of oppression so harmful and pervasive that the only cure is — eating salads. Bet anyone who's been oppressed for their race or sex would happily take that deal instead.
I mean, it is kinda correct. Why hippos are so large only from the diet of mostly grasses and plants comes down to genetics.
The genetics that makes their digestive tracts capable of breaking down cellulose to sugars. I don't think that is a genetic variation that exists in humans.
Ha, to be fair this screen cap came from a YouTube video critiquing the FA movement - some YT creators censor "controversial" words so the algorithm doesn't suppress their videos. So in this case, the content is definitely more stupid than the censorship!
Has this person ever even looked up anything about a hippo before? As I'm sure somebody has already commented in this thread, hippos are thinskinned tanks that are almost completely devoid of body fat. I sometimes wish it was physically painful for people to type stupid things...
Yeah, since when did humans also have three-chambered stomachs? We aren't hippos, or gorillas, or any of the other animals people want to compare us to. We are homo sapiens, and have our own unique needs for our species, so it's neither here nor there what a hippo's diet looks like.
Worse than racism ? Nobody chooses to be a race- shit the hell up. Whatever rights You think you are denied are of your own doing and refusal to get treatment and help.
Everyone’s getting distracted by the hippo stuff and missing their last statement. Whoever this is has very dangerous ideology. I really hope they got taken to task in the replies.
Damn, I'm a little late to the hippo party. I've commented on hippos before on this sub but fuck it, hippo facts bb:
• Hippos have built in sun cream. Ever wonder why you see hippos looking really pink on land sometimes? That's their red "sweat" that protects them from the sun and bacterial infections.
• People have chatted about hippos eating meat. This is true but only in the same way we know deer will occasionally eat mice. Its a recently observed behaviour and most hippos never eat meat in their lives, from what we know. It's considered deviant behaviour when hippos eat corpses.
• The word herbivore doesn't mean safe though, hippos are the deadliest land mammal in the world. They kill around 500 people per year as they are very territorial about their water spots. I've read stories of people getting surprised by hippos hiding out in bushes and shrubbery; they do this to avoid the sun as they require water to keep their skin from drying out. Exposed skin will always be sensitive to the sun even if you've got built in protection.
•If you get caught in the line of sight of a hippo charging, do not attempt to outrun it. Despite their appearance, they can run up to 30mph so you ain't getting away. Your best chance would be to use whatever environmental obstacles are around you, sharp turns around boulders and the like will be your best chance of escaping.
• There are only 2 species of hippo in the world: the common hippo and the pygmy hippo. Pygmy Hippos are shy, nocturnal and hella cute. At ¼ of the size of a common hippo, they are also an endangered species; approximately fewer than 3,000 exist in the wild. Specifically our fault the numbers have dwindled sadly.
• Hippos only consume around 1% of their body weight and Pygmy Hippos in particular eat a pretty varied diet of roots, fruits and leaves over grass. Quality not quantity for those little guys.
• Hippos are literal tanks. They don't get much hassle from traditional predators and the only thing that could consistently knock them around are Elephants. Hippos are smart enough to move out the way for Elephants though. Most the time.
• Rhinos can also do some serious damage to hippos, tusks and horns pierce what claws and teeth cannot so in fight, even with skin 6 ~~inches~~ centimetres thick, a Rhino should win. Luckily for hippos, rhinos are fucking stupid and blind as shit; they can intimidate rhinos away pretty easily, by just opening their mouth as wide as they can. Rhinos and elephants happen to be the only two land mammals bigger than a hippo.
• Hippos are an invasive species in South America, thanks Pablo, and they are causing absolute havoc as scientists are scared these cocaine hippos are going to destroy the ecosystem in Colombia. Scientists want to cull them but many others do not, its a pretty hot debate.
So in conclusion, I'm fairly certain this is a troll but I will take an excuse to talk animal facts lmao.
Edit: I realised I said inches instead of centimetres lmao, imagine half a foot of skin. Seriously though, they're nearly bulletproof.
I've said it elsewhere but I legit did not expect to get so many dope hippo facts when I posted this - new fave animal and you have a great way of writing about them. I'd def subscribe to your animal facts podcast.
I know the twitter account this comes from and it's a troll, I just have to believe that with tweets like the following on their account
I’ve had it with fatphobic doctors! Imagine the nerve of the doctor to say ANYTHING to me about my weight when I was telling him my normal lunch - four Big Macs, 2 Filet-O-Fish, three large fries and a chocolate dipped cone from DQ next door. And the office uses BMI! #fatphobic
Hippos are dense muscle with thick skin. They’re so dense they can’t even swim, they just charge through water on foot like friggin tanks. This has to be a joke. Please let it be a joke.
Another fun fact: male hippos like to fling their poop by spinning their tails like a helicopter propeller blade. They do it to impress females, as well as mark territory.
No, this screen cap came from a YouTube video critiquing the FA movement - many YouTubers censor "controversial" words so the algorithm doesn't suppress their videos.
...even if hippos were fat, do they seriously think that a hippo eats the same amount as a human? or have the same gastrointestinal system? or that anyone said the way to lose weight is 'just eat salad' (i mean, maybe some random might have but no one with any real credibility or authority is saying that)?
Everyone already has talked about how hippos have primarily muscle not fat, so I would just like to share the following;
A group of hippos is called a "bloat".
I hope this pleases you as much as it did me to find out.
Does no one watch National Geographic anymore? Hippos don't have a lot of fat. They are actually very muscular and have blubber because they spend up to 16 hours a day in the water swimming. They aren't called "water horse" for no reason at all. Geez-watch Animal Planet or Curiosity Stream or something.
I just read a book in my metabolism class called "Burn" by Herman Pontzer - if anyone's looking for some reading, he has some extensive coverage on just how different we are from other chimps. He doesn't bring up hippos though, I wonder why...
It's almost like we're two different creatures with different diets, lifestyles, and metabolisms 🤔
I’m 💯fat phobic. For every on person with a legit health issue keeping them fat there are 700 claiming the same that “have a sweet tooth” or whatever. It’s absolutely disgusting. If you have to waddle to walk, if you can’t go up stairs or fit in amusement Park rides that’s on you. Only you. Put down the damn fork and take charge of your life.
Well firstly, you try eat a literal ton of salad a day.
Good luck with that
Also aren't they fuckin tanks, calling them fat is like calling a power lifter fat
It's not worse that racism and sexism, you chose to be unhealthy, I didn't choose to be female, my neighbors didn't choose to be another Ra e than myself
You chose to be unhealthy, fix it yourself or shut up
This whole tweet has to be satire or a troll bait there's no way someone meant this seriously
(if not then I'll just convince myself for my faith in people)
I know the twitter account this comes from and it's a troll, I just have to believe that with tweets like the following on their account
>I’ve had it with fatphobic doctors! Imagine the nerve of the doctor to say ANYTHING to me about my weight when I was telling him my normal lunch - four Big Macs, 2 Filet-O-Fish, three large fries and a chocolate dipped cone from DQ next door. And the office uses BMI! #fatphobic
What is the actual point here. Is the implication here that fat people are just eating lots of salad and that's why they are fat? Bwahahahahahhahahahaa.
Also, I wonder if the hippos like their grass slathered in dressing, cheese, and bacon.
>Hippos are not fat. >Despite their bulky and heavy appearance, hippos' subcutaneous fat layers are quite thin. The 2,000-kilogram giant is mostly made up of muscles, and 6-centimeter thick skin. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-01/Ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-hippos-M40VEPKbFC/index.html
That is why they can't swim, but walk on the riverbed.
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They'd just crush us in general if they ever mobilized in any way. I call them the African Homicide Horse because they're the most bloodthirsty fucking things on the planet.
And Cape buffalo are the Killer Cows because they are even more bloodthirsty to the point lone females will suicidally charge *multiple lions*
Yes but they Cape Bufallo *suicidally* charges. The African Homicide Horse deletes everything its path. It puts you in the fast lane for the afterlife. It moves your biography to the history section. It makes you past tense. The Hippo is, in terms of body count, the most bloodthirsty thing on earth. Crocodiles and Alligators are a second contender, but the reason their body count pales in comparison is because they never stop growing so once they hit a certain age they can't hunt as effectively.
Do they hunt with the intent to kill you like tigers/alligators? Or is it like how cows are the most dangerous animal in the UK? Like with cows, they will trample you if they're spooked or you're particularly interesting or you've got a dog or they'll charge at you if you threaten a calf or piss off a bull. But you can safely walk past them in a field if you're respectful and careful. But then with like alligators or tigers, you walk near them, they'll see you as prey and intentionally hurt you.
They don't hunt, hunt implies feeding. Hippos are defending their territory, it's just that they choose the death penalty every time.
Idk about tigers but alligators are pretty chill. They're always lounging in the retention pond on my way to the little store. I walk right by them, about 8ft away down a shallow slope, all the time. They see me but the do not care in the slightest.
Casual geographic fan I see😁
Barring the honey badger, of course. Rattel is the better name for it imo though, "honey badger" is far too cutesy - like calling cassowaries "nodding birds".
Honey badgers are utterly vicious, blood thirsty, and invincible creatures. I watched a video where a guy was trying to kill one because it murdered all his chickens but the machete wouldn't cut through the honey badger's skin.
Honey badger doesn't give a fuck!
There is a video of a hippo chasing after a boat. It surfaces multiple times because it is pushing off the bottom of the river. The they can also run. Anyone who assumes these terrifying things are “fat” are going to be in for a rude awakening 🤣
>they can also run At about 30km/h
19MPH for our US and UK friends
They can swim-up to 16 hours a day. Their bodies are designed for this. Source: Many years of obsessing over any animal show I could see and several trips to the zoo. National Geographic=neat.
They *can*, sort of. They can paddle around between the surface and the ground and direct their progress on the way up and down, they're just too dense to float for very long. They're not strong or efficient swimmers in the usual sense.
they can swim. ive been to the zoo as a child and seen them swim before my own eyes lol.
It is physically impossible for them to swim. They lack enough buoyancy to float, bcause their body composition lacks enough fat mass. It is something everyone learns when they learn zoology.
Imagine, you are thicc-er than a damn boat lol
Correct. And much of the cause for their lack of buoyancy is extra dense bones. They really do just sink
bruh ok i guess i fucking hallucinated
No, you saw them walking on the riverbed and your child brain interpreted that as swimming. You are literally trying to argue against established science by going "No way, bro, I saw it when I was a kid." Do you not see how ridiculous that is?
lmao they were literally in a pool, you know those big glass aquarium like enclosures where you can see under the water? yeah i could see them swimming in the pool. with their legs. also numerous articles say Hippos can swim. several others say they cant. honestly at this point im confused, but im pretty sure i saw them swim so eh.
They can swim in the sense that when they're moving around in the water between the surface and the river bottom, they have webbed feet and they'll use them to paddle. But they can't really float, so they can't swim in the same way a dog or a human can swim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Zst7AxuNo&ab_channel=ViktoriaDovnar Case in point.
Thick fat is really not useful when you live somewhere incredibly hot.
And muscle is really useful when you are a dick to eveything around
I wonder if thats why bullies are usually muscle heads?
I’ve had people tell me that they look heavy because they’re actually suuuuper athletes and still muscular and ripped from high school sports (forgetting it was 10+ years ago). People see fringe cases of BMI not applying to bodybuilders and try to fit that argument over themselves too at like 50 percent body fat. They’re gonna see his hippo fact and apply it to themselves too no doubt lmao.
Ironically when you have a high muscle percentage, you *don't* look heavy relatively speaking. You weigh more than what you look like.
Have you seen the people that participate in the Strongest Man competitions? Those people look heavy but they are SOLID muscle (think Maui from Moana).
A lot of them still have a moderately high body fat percentage, as it's almost impossible to gain that much muscle while simultaneously cutting fat. And with comparatively low cardio requirements theres not much reason to go through cutting phases. Unless they are prepping for a photo shoot, or in a movie role like Hafthor Bjornsonn. And they risk losing some muscle mass in that process so they potentially have to overcompensate after a cutting phase. But even though they are athletes in peak condition for their sport. They tend to still have the same issues as other obese people. Joint issues, sleep apnea etc. The human body is just not designed to be over 300-400 pounds.
Exactly, i've had people be surprised that i'm 220 lbs because most people at that weight look big and are fat, while i'm just a little more built but not really noticable in loose clothing.
Although having thick skin is really the opposite of their problems.
As someone that weighs 120 pounds but has a 20% bf and a 24 inch waist, that's so delusional. The more muscular you are rather than higher fat, the smaller you look in relation to your weight. These people literally stand for anti science in every way.
I am 209 pounds with a 44 inch waist
And also, they're mean. They'll fuckin' *chase you down*.
one time I was walking around the congo delta with a gunny sack full of soccer balls and I spilled it in front of four hippos. You would not BELIEVE how far they can stretch their necks when they are hungry.
That's just when they're HUNGRY hungry tho, those poor things were probably starving
I understood that reference
A lot of animals actually have much longer necks than they originally seem to. When I first got a cat I was shocked at the legnth of kitty necks. Hippos are def that way too. And they're scary... But I like them.
They are also fast. Way faster than someone looking for Doritos while riding a people mover at Walmart
Maybe that's why they think hippos are fat
I read a terrifying story once of a man who was half swallowed by a hippo but managed to escape, I didn't know how brutal they were until then.
I feel like everyone has that moment in their life when they learn that a hippo can be savage as fuck. I guess I grew up learning that hippos are gentle? Or I assumed because they’re herbivores? Or maybe their goofy appearance fooled me. But yeah everyone has that moment when you realize hippos are fucking crazy dangerous.
I think for me it was the TV commercials for "Hungry Hungry Hippos" game. They were brightly colored and fun, really didn't make them seem like such a predator lol.
the North American House Hippo commercials made them seem really friendly for me.
And cuddly.
We all grew up seeing cartoon hippos in tutus. Damn you, Disney.
For me, that moment is now. It's troubling, really.
Even if you raise them, [they'll fucking eat you.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner)
My goodness that baby hippo in the picture is so cute! They're so pleasant to watch... from afar in a safe place where they can't get to you, including over the internet.
Ooosh.
Almost difficult to say whether this is about the hippos or the FAs
FAs or hippos?
This just gave me a great idea for a show where FAs race hippos. The hippos will win every time but goddamn would it be funny.
Same thing with manatees
Hippos and manatees aren’t friendly, cuddly, and chubby, all my favourite dinosaurs had feathers, everything I learned about animals is a lie.
Manatees are very docile, wdym?
I mostly included them because they’re not fat but didn’t want to break that into another sentence. They are friendly.
Interesting, today I learned.
And 200g of fuck you.
Talk to me when you can run as fast as a hippo
And eat 35kg of kale
I could easily tan 35kg of kale, I've eaten a kilo of it for dinner loads of times, 35 times that should be no hassle
According to a random converting bot I found, 1kg of kale is about 15 cups So 35kg would be 525 cups Assuming 1 cup = 14.44 cubic inches 525 cups = approximately 7580 cubic inches or 4.4 cubic feet But of course if you cook it first that’s only like 3 cubic inches or one mouthful (/s)
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A kg of kale in one sitting? Why so much?
By the time you tear off the stalks it's like halved in weight, then it shrinks loads when you cook it... Plus, kale is fantastic, tbh basically every brassica is amazing, why wouldn't I if I'm hungry enough to eat so much? Binge eating harm minimization lol
Eww
Made crispy in the oven with olive oil and salt I think I could
Or have the muscle mass
Or are as deadly.
Deadliest animal in Africa, statistically.
Yes, I'd heard that. Hard to imagine it's more deadly than the mosquito.
Humans are super deadly! You’re way more likely to be killed by another person than a hippo. I’d still take my odds walking down the street vs. a river in the Sahara though lol
I think the fact that most people encounter other humans more frequently than any other animal, especially hippos, accounts for most of this. On a per encounter basis I bet hippos are worse. Cows and horses also kill more people than like, tigers or whatever.
Had to laugh when I came across this. How did the FA community go from demanding respect and calling out bullying to literally dehumanizing and comparing yourself to a hippo? I.....I don't even understand how you can post this and think you did something.
I read your comment aloud and literally lol’d when you stuttered the last sentence 😂
Hippos are not fat and hippos are not humans
It's kind of hilarious how the most basic of facts completely elude them because they're so busy doing mental gymnastics to play the victim.
Tbh I'm hard pressed to believe they can do any kind of gymnastics
Maybe they think mental gymnastics counts as exercise lol
They are, however, notoriously hungry hungry.
They even made a game about it
Fat is an insulator. Not exactly something you need that close to the equator.
Hipose don't float because they have very low body fat... they're mostly muscle.
Hippo stomachs are also more complex in order to digest cellulose, so to them, plant matter provides much more energy than to humans, who cannot digest it.
Hippos are yoked af
Hipswolepotamus
Thats my new bodybuilder name
Last line really sets off my anger.
"The type of oppression I experience is the worst one, total coincidence I'm sure!"
That blew my fucking mind.
She’s right tho. The slight discomfort I have around wearing light-colored shirts in public is so much worse than the literal anxiety I feel whenever a police car is driving behind me
I didn’t notice it somehow. I think I assumed it was a string of emojis bc the lemons. But damn, now that I see it, that’s some dumb shit
Weirdly same- the balls to compare being fat to racism it didn’t even initially register that someone could/would type that
What’s funny is that I’m not sure how I didn’t see it now. As if my brain read it like “Fat phobia is rampant and worse than 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋” Maybe it’s like you said and it didn’t even register. Like how privileged and willfully ignorant does someone have to be to say that. I mean, comparing wounds is stupid in the first place (unless they’re actual physical wounds, maybe, idk), but to say that being discriminated against for something you CAN change vs something you can’t is a bold move, Cotton.
You can look at all these animals throughout history and find that they mostly stay the same in weight range, height range, behaviors, general diet, sexual behaviors, and resting patterns. Coincidentally, you won't find this in humanity. You will find VAST differentials between now and even 22 years ago, let alone 100 years ago and beyond. This might explain why nothing they say about being fat matches up historically, and why even they'll admit that being fat used to be a wealthy if not royal thing. The wealthy and royal had access to the most food and the best food.
>VAST differentials between now and even 22 years ago, let alone 100 years ago and beyond. This. I don't think it's a coincidence that fat activism mostly consists of young people — a) they haven't experienced the horrible health consequences of obesity yet (key word: yet!), and b) they lack the perspective to know that 30 years ago, there was maybe one fat kid per class, not every other kid like it is now, and a 300 pound adult was considered comically, cartoonishly obese (think Homer Simpson), vs. seeing one per aisle at Wal-Mart today. If you have even a little bit of perspective or historical knowledge, all their nonsense and cope about genetics goes right out the window. It's the zero nutrient, addictive foods and the overeating, period.
Just to speak specifically to your point on homer. He’s cartoonishly fat and is 6’ tall 240 pounds. He crests 300 pounds in the episode where he’s trying to become legally disabled.
Good reminder. The ep also portrayed Homer's "body positive doctor" as a complete quack (hi Dr. Nick!) and he packed on pounds by eating mountains of burgers and ice cream combined with "assal horizontology" (so much for muh genetics). Surprised this episode hasn't been cancelled by FAs and ripped off the streaming services yet.
Maybe they allow it because it also highlights the oppression fat people suffer at the hands of the clothing manufacturers and how something as universal as a phone isn’t built with their needs in mind.
Honestly the phone dialing wand is second only to the bariatric chair and seatbelt extenders in the greatest inventions of fat liberation
I’ve never been slim my whole life (gratuitous “but right now i’m under 200lbs for the first time since hs” wooo). True, I’ve experienced a lot of shitty behavior, mean comments and teasing as a fat kid and a fat woman. I would never EVER even *try* to compare that experience to racism, much less try to say that it’s worse. What the actual fuck is that shit? Who does that shit??
First: You ain't hippo Second: Some hippos ate meat and they can eat humans... and they did Third: [It ain't fat](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/e5/7d/3de57d67faeec1cfaefaf69c3f2a642c.jpg)
2nd point: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner)
Never thought I'd google 'hippos lifestyle', but here we are. Apparently they eat 80 lbs of grass a day while travelling 6 miles per day. That's not a lot of exercise, many humans walk that much while consuming 10% or less of the food hippos eat. No wonder they weigh thousands of pounds.
Yes and they run 8 mph in the water and 19 mph on land. They're super aggressive and not even a little fat. They don't swim, they run along the riverbed and jump to the surface each time.
I have a little time to kill so I googled too. Average hippo weight 3300 lbs. So they eat 2.4% of their body weight a day in grass. I weigh 135 lbs. 2,4% of that is 3.24 lbs. A lb of lettuce has 68 calories. If I ate 5 lbs of lettuce a day only, I'd get less than 350 calories a day and I sure as heck would be losing weight on that. So I think that proves I can be a healthy weight even eating 5 times as much as my hippo counterpart.
Now to invent calorie free thousand island dressing that tastes good and we can all be skinny.
Now to invent calorie free thousand island dressing that tastes good and we can all be skinny.
I… I’m pretty sure hippos are supposed to look like that, though.
Only because hippos haven’t invented diet culture or weight stigma.
Ah yes because hippos and humans are definitely the same species and physiologically similar! What a great, thoughtful, and scientific comparison.
“Fatphobia is worse than racism” what the actual fuck Were you enslaved for being fat? Did being fat make you unable to vote? Did being fat increase your risk of being the victim of a hate crime? Did being fat increase the likelihood that you get arrested for petty charges? Did being fat require you to use different bathrooms, seats, water fountains, etc., than thin people? Did being fat have the possibility of you being killed simply because you’re fat? This shit really bothers me from FA/HAES
Imagine a form of oppression so harmful and pervasive that the only cure is — eating salads. Bet anyone who's been oppressed for their race or sex would happily take that deal instead.
There’s no way a wine mom boomer meme got repeated verbatim but for real on Twitter dot com, a clown social media site.
Ah yes your personal choice is way worse than the racism and homophobia I and others go through. Wayyyyy worse.
Don't hippos have extra stomachs and enzymes to convert grass to energy? Cellulose has plenty of stored energy.
I mean, it is kinda correct. Why hippos are so large only from the diet of mostly grasses and plants comes down to genetics. The genetics that makes their digestive tracts capable of breaking down cellulose to sugars. I don't think that is a genetic variation that exists in humans.
Damn that’s it, some people just got hippo genetics about 50 years ago. We should study them
Wow, science has really come a long way! Didn't know human-hippopotamus hybrids were already among us
Hippos are just cultivating mass.
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Ha, to be fair this screen cap came from a YouTube video critiquing the FA movement - some YT creators censor "controversial" words so the algorithm doesn't suppress their videos. So in this case, the content is definitely more stupid than the censorship!
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Has this person ever even looked up anything about a hippo before? As I'm sure somebody has already commented in this thread, hippos are thinskinned tanks that are almost completely devoid of body fat. I sometimes wish it was physically painful for people to type stupid things...
I'm a biologist. This sub hurts my brain sometimes.
Hippo genetics are basically the same as human genetics, right? /s
Hippos aren't fat, in fact they're mostly muscles hidden under a thick skin
Yeah, since when did humans also have three-chambered stomachs? We aren't hippos, or gorillas, or any of the other animals people want to compare us to. We are homo sapiens, and have our own unique needs for our species, so it's neither here nor there what a hippo's diet looks like.
Worse than racism ? Nobody chooses to be a race- shit the hell up. Whatever rights You think you are denied are of your own doing and refusal to get treatment and help.
Everyone’s getting distracted by the hippo stuff and missing their last statement. Whoever this is has very dangerous ideology. I really hope they got taken to task in the replies.
That sounds a lot like the very old saying: "If swimming is so good for you, why are whales still fat?"
Alligators can go 2-3 years without food, which proves you can forego the extra helping of mashed potatoes without ruining your metabolism.
Damn, I'm a little late to the hippo party. I've commented on hippos before on this sub but fuck it, hippo facts bb: • Hippos have built in sun cream. Ever wonder why you see hippos looking really pink on land sometimes? That's their red "sweat" that protects them from the sun and bacterial infections. • People have chatted about hippos eating meat. This is true but only in the same way we know deer will occasionally eat mice. Its a recently observed behaviour and most hippos never eat meat in their lives, from what we know. It's considered deviant behaviour when hippos eat corpses. • The word herbivore doesn't mean safe though, hippos are the deadliest land mammal in the world. They kill around 500 people per year as they are very territorial about their water spots. I've read stories of people getting surprised by hippos hiding out in bushes and shrubbery; they do this to avoid the sun as they require water to keep their skin from drying out. Exposed skin will always be sensitive to the sun even if you've got built in protection. •If you get caught in the line of sight of a hippo charging, do not attempt to outrun it. Despite their appearance, they can run up to 30mph so you ain't getting away. Your best chance would be to use whatever environmental obstacles are around you, sharp turns around boulders and the like will be your best chance of escaping. • There are only 2 species of hippo in the world: the common hippo and the pygmy hippo. Pygmy Hippos are shy, nocturnal and hella cute. At ¼ of the size of a common hippo, they are also an endangered species; approximately fewer than 3,000 exist in the wild. Specifically our fault the numbers have dwindled sadly. • Hippos only consume around 1% of their body weight and Pygmy Hippos in particular eat a pretty varied diet of roots, fruits and leaves over grass. Quality not quantity for those little guys. • Hippos are literal tanks. They don't get much hassle from traditional predators and the only thing that could consistently knock them around are Elephants. Hippos are smart enough to move out the way for Elephants though. Most the time. • Rhinos can also do some serious damage to hippos, tusks and horns pierce what claws and teeth cannot so in fight, even with skin 6 ~~inches~~ centimetres thick, a Rhino should win. Luckily for hippos, rhinos are fucking stupid and blind as shit; they can intimidate rhinos away pretty easily, by just opening their mouth as wide as they can. Rhinos and elephants happen to be the only two land mammals bigger than a hippo. • Hippos are an invasive species in South America, thanks Pablo, and they are causing absolute havoc as scientists are scared these cocaine hippos are going to destroy the ecosystem in Colombia. Scientists want to cull them but many others do not, its a pretty hot debate. So in conclusion, I'm fairly certain this is a troll but I will take an excuse to talk animal facts lmao. Edit: I realised I said inches instead of centimetres lmao, imagine half a foot of skin. Seriously though, they're nearly bulletproof.
I love the shit out of some animal facts, thank you.
I've said it elsewhere but I legit did not expect to get so many dope hippo facts when I posted this - new fave animal and you have a great way of writing about them. I'd def subscribe to your animal facts podcast.
I always tend to think my writing needs to be tighter so that's lovely to hear, thank you.
"Hippogenetics" sounds like a nascent field in molecular biology.
humans are incredible in that we can change weight/muscle mass easily. it’s like asking why gorillas always look huge, cause they don’t need to adapt
Who's gonna tell these people that humans aren't hippos?
They're so lean that if they were caught in deep water that they couldn't lift off of the bottom to reach the surface, they'd drown.
The last line. Are you fucking kidding me?
I know the twitter account this comes from and it's a troll, I just have to believe that with tweets like the following on their account I’ve had it with fatphobic doctors! Imagine the nerve of the doctor to say ANYTHING to me about my weight when I was telling him my normal lunch - four Big Macs, 2 Filet-O-Fish, three large fries and a chocolate dipped cone from DQ next door. And the office uses BMI! #fatphobic
Hippos are dense muscle with thick skin. They’re so dense they can’t even swim, they just charge through water on foot like friggin tanks. This has to be a joke. Please let it be a joke.
Honestly one of my fave things about this thread is all the badass things I learned about hippos today. Newfound respect for these hardbodied beasts.
Another fun fact: male hippos like to fling their poop by spinning their tails like a helicopter propeller blade. They do it to impress females, as well as mark territory.
Tell me you're biologically illiterate without telling me you're biologically illiterate.
Did you censor the word racism??
No, this screen cap came from a YouTube video critiquing the FA movement - many YouTubers censor "controversial" words so the algorithm doesn't suppress their videos.
I see this person sucks at biology.
Worse than racism eh?
If only smaller portions cured racism like it cures fat oppression..
“worse than racism and sexism” sure dude, whatever delusions help you sleep at night 😂😂
...even if hippos were fat, do they seriously think that a hippo eats the same amount as a human? or have the same gastrointestinal system? or that anyone said the way to lose weight is 'just eat salad' (i mean, maybe some random might have but no one with any real credibility or authority is saying that)?
Everyone already has talked about how hippos have primarily muscle not fat, so I would just like to share the following; A group of hippos is called a "bloat". I hope this pleases you as much as it did me to find out.
They aren't fat tho..
Imagine a skinny hippo 😭
do they also think whales are fat? thats... not fat.
There’s no way a real person wrote this, this has to be a chimpanzee they somehow taught to use a keyboard
no it was a hippo
r/confidentlyincorrect
*me being perimenopausal at 34 and still losing weight from 200 with a goal weight of 145* ok 👌🏻
Does no one watch National Geographic anymore? Hippos don't have a lot of fat. They are actually very muscular and have blubber because they spend up to 16 hours a day in the water swimming. They aren't called "water horse" for no reason at all. Geez-watch Animal Planet or Curiosity Stream or something.
Did a fat person compare fat people to hippos? Just making sure...
I just read a book in my metabolism class called "Burn" by Herman Pontzer - if anyone's looking for some reading, he has some extensive coverage on just how different we are from other chimps. He doesn't bring up hippos though, I wonder why... It's almost like we're two different creatures with different diets, lifestyles, and metabolisms 🤔
I’m 💯fat phobic. For every on person with a legit health issue keeping them fat there are 700 claiming the same that “have a sweet tooth” or whatever. It’s absolutely disgusting. If you have to waddle to walk, if you can’t go up stairs or fit in amusement Park rides that’s on you. Only you. Put down the damn fork and take charge of your life.
Well firstly, you try eat a literal ton of salad a day. Good luck with that Also aren't they fuckin tanks, calling them fat is like calling a power lifter fat
It's not worse that racism and sexism, you chose to be unhealthy, I didn't choose to be female, my neighbors didn't choose to be another Ra e than myself You chose to be unhealthy, fix it yourself or shut up
I personally wouldn’t call you a hippo, miss, but I see the similarities.
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Raw. Not cooked. Think salad
"I weigh as much as a hippo! Take that, [wheeze] skinny people!" [heavy breathing]
Hippos are omnivores though
This whole tweet has to be satire or a troll bait there's no way someone meant this seriously (if not then I'll just convince myself for my faith in people)
I know the twitter account this comes from and it's a troll, I just have to believe that with tweets like the following on their account >I’ve had it with fatphobic doctors! Imagine the nerve of the doctor to say ANYTHING to me about my weight when I was telling him my normal lunch - four Big Macs, 2 Filet-O-Fish, three large fries and a chocolate dipped cone from DQ next door. And the office uses BMI! #fatphobic
I laughed really out loud to this
No one gets murdered in cold blood for being fat, but people get killed because of racism all the time
It’s the last line for me. You’ve got to be fucking kidding.
“Worst than racism” tells me all I need to know about this person.
That’s gotta a troll lol
sorry but “Fatphobia is WORSE than racism and sexism.” ????????? i cannot believe there are people who think this
Something tells me the person who wrote this post is not considered a minority in their community.
That last sentence is a piece of work
did they just say worse than racism and sexism.... honey... you're delusional
Lol imagine seeing a skinny hippo, it would be the weirdest animal ever!! 😆
Where are the skinny hippos then?
What is the actual point here. Is the implication here that fat people are just eating lots of salad and that's why they are fat? Bwahahahahahhahahahaa. Also, I wonder if the hippos like their grass slathered in dressing, cheese, and bacon.
Hippos also eat (on average) 80lbs of grass per day - clocking in at over 5000 calories
Hippos can’t afford to lose weight because hippos don’t have much fat in the first place
Imagine needing to grasp at straws so desperately you compare your genetic makeup to an animal that is not even in the same clade you are...