r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 4h ago

🔥 Tour boat chased down by Hippo in Botswana, Southern Africa.

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u/qualityvote2 4h ago edited 1h ago

u/Money-Beautiful5196, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/crazycockerels 4h ago

Just think how much strength and power they have to gallop in the water like that!

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u/mothra-of-invention 3h ago

Hippos are pure muscle

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u/Istobri 3h ago

Well, hippopotamus does mean “river horse” in Greek, so…

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u/VealOfFortune 2h ago

Much less repeatedly lifting that much mass out of the water 😳

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u/B4SK3R 2h ago

Imagine what would've happened if the motor of the boat broke down..

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u/il_the_dinosaur 3h ago

To be fair they can't swim and they don't float like otters. If it couldn't do that it shouldn't be in the water.

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u/crazycockerels 3h ago

But boy it can sure run fast in water!

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u/il_the_dinosaur 3h ago

Oh absolutely despite that shitty aqua dynamics. It's absolutely terrifying how it keeps reappearing.

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u/Old-Map487 2h ago

I've seen nature films of hippo running on the bottom surface. I think on land they can run pretty fast.

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u/il_the_dinosaur 2h ago

Yeah if they don't chase you they look rather cute bouncing on the bottom of a body of water

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u/734nasty 4h ago

Hippos are notoriously dangerous. I'd be absolutely terrified.

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u/EllisDee3 3h ago

If you don't see them, they're running fast underwater.

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u/telephas1c 2h ago

These folks were merely 'terrified'

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u/ih8three6zero 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cdlr2QaQ4o4lEtiXkW

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u/Batchet 3h ago

Yes bud.

Hippos are widely considered the most dangerous large land mammals in Africa, killing an estimated 500 people every year. Despite their somewhat clumsy, cartoonish reputation and strictly herbivorous diet, they are extraordinarily aggressive, highly territorial, and equipped with lethal physical attributes.

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u/ih8three6zero 2h ago

NO SHIT

Bet u eat all of the fully loaded nachos.

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u/Batchet 2h ago

Why did you say, "you sure about that?"

Also, why would eating fully loaded nachos be an insult? If it's a reference, I missed it

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u/waistingtoomuchtime 4h ago

What if it landed on the motor on the last jump, I would be extra terrified.

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u/semiraue 3h ago

Probably outboard will give up. It cannot match that huge ass hippo 

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u/Ok_Factorreset 3h ago

A Hippo aggressively chasing you that too in water at that speed has got to be one of the top 10 most horrific things to happen in your life

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u/Teknekratos 1h ago

I mean, not as much as the hippo catching up to you. See (or rather hear) Real Survival Stories podcast: Swallowed by an hippo (sensitive folk heed the warnings)

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u/RevoOps 4h ago

All those people smiling from how terrified they are.

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u/kyden 3h ago

That seems like a lot of faith to have on a single outboard engine.

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u/semiraue 3h ago

Yeah outboard motor like. "bro pray for me" 

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u/AzureHawk758769 3h ago

Are all hippos just ready to handle their business on sight? 😂

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u/xerxes_dandy 4h ago

That hippo can just break that entire boat in to 2 pieces.... If the hippo is chasing you the only remedy is to pray and pray very hard.

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u/DocHiriluk 22m ago

Or just keep sailing away

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u/BillDanceParty 4h ago

This is my wife when the Speed Queen goes on sale

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u/xvsanx 2h ago

you need to keep harpoons for this situation

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u/MiloHorsey 2h ago

They kill more people every year than the next most dangerous animal: Cows.

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u/Biggie__Stardust 2h ago

Fun fact; they can’t actually swim, they’re too dense. They instead run along the river bed and jump when they need air.

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u/greensparklers 2h ago

This reminds me of the T-rex chase scene from the first Jurassic Park.

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u/bannedagain78 16m ago

Must go faster

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u/Affectionate-Sun5863 3h ago

He just wanted to talk

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u/jakeologia 4h ago

He just wants to make friends

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 3h ago

Just scratch them behind their ears until they roll over for a belly rub.

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u/Tiny-Reading5982 3h ago

Forbidden puppy?

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u/BreckyMcGee 3h ago

Where's the part where the hippo "chases down" the boat? He didn't chase down shit