Hippo attack!

[Video Link] Insert statistic here about how hippos kill more people every year than the distance from earth to sun if stacked end-to-end and reduced to a single day. (Via 22 Words)

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formosaman

That must have been one hungry, hungry hippo.
- http://twitter.com/drhypercube John P
  
  Aaugh – beat me to it.
Mister44

IIRC, Hippos kill more people every year than any of the other animals in Africa.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Herbert/100001916116969 George Herbert
  
  Correct, Hippos are the most human-lethal animal in the African continent in terms of fatality count. Cape Buffalo may be more dangerous on a per incident basis, but are easier to see and hear and avoid.
- formosaman
  
  Could it be, perhaps, because they are so, so hungry?
http://twitter.com/MrAaronSwainEsq Aaron Swain

In the interest of promoting pro-hippo awareness….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B54Bl5b1AXw
http://twitter.com/sirkowski Sirkowski

y u mad hippo?
ROSSINDETROIT

Seriously though, if you were a hippo wouldn’t you run around bashing into and biting stuff that pissed you off? I sure would.
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  The hippo also gets points for the dainty way it trots.
  - petz79
    
    I want a gif with that hippo trotting away and the words “haters gonna hate”.
DaveVonNatick

In terms of being assholes, hippos beat owls.
http://www.ecoevolution.org/ Ian G

Hit and Run defined
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QZLVTMNIPDVPOGSCTZ5P7GKK6E p!ssirk

Up until the early ’70s, Land Rovers were guaranteed to withstand the charge of a bull rhino. Not sure about hippos.
Cowicide

I have to admit I was rooting for the hippo.
ocschwar

THey’re strict vegetarians.

Killing you is their way of asking you to go away.
- yadayada
  
  Right after the hit, I could swear I heard the hippo say “Fuckin’ tourists.”
qw de

i want a pet hippo. its like the middle linebacker of the jungle
Daemonworks

The North American House Hippo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLG2JP0P5JE
danmcenroe

When hippos really mean business they hit you with their hurricane holler.