Who would win hippo or crocodile?

A hippo would win a fight against a crocodile. Although crocodiles are large, powerful creatures, they cannot kill a fully grown hippo. Hippos are large, roundish animals that are much taller than crocodiles. The only place they would be vulnerable to attack is their legs.
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What animal can beat a hippo?

What animals can kill a hippo? A hippo can be killed by lions, crocodiles (especially the Nile Crocodile and American Crocodile), and their own kind. Hippos do not often kill one another in the wild; it happens more frequently in captivity, where territorial disputes arise.
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Who would win alligator vs hippo?

The real size difference is in weight. While some of the largest alligators can weigh up to 1,000 pounds, the largest hippos can weigh well over 9,000 pounds, and on average they weigh about 3,000 to 4,000 pounds. Because of this weight difference, hippos have a solid advantage in the size category.
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Are hippos bulletproof?

The thickness of the skin and bulky size of hippos make hippos almost bulletproof or immune to bullets. However, one can bring a hippo down by shooting him in his torso – the skin is fragile in this area.
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Would a hippo beat a rhino?

And in a race with a rhino, it would depend on the rhino, a couch potato rhino would probably lose to hippo, but a well-trained athlete rhino would win. Rhinos have been recorded at speeds of 34mph, so just a tad faster than hippos.
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Would a hippo beat a bear?

Hippos are significantly larger than grizzly bears and are speedy themselves, so they quite able to attack. The hippo is protected with its tough skin from the bear's teeth and claws, allowing it to use its large size, around ten times that of a grizzly bear, to defeat the bear.
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Do lions eat hippos?

"Lions can kill anything—there are famous areas in Africa where the prides are large and get used to taking down elephants. [But] it still is pretty rare" for the cats to take on hippos, said Luke Hunter, president of the wild cat conservation group Panthera.
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Are lions afraid of hippos?

In the end, I would say that although the king of the jungle can kill anything, hippos are never an easy target. Lions usually avoid them. Some try to tease them, but this often results in an injury that can prove fatal.
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Does a hippo have any predators?

In the unpredictable African wilderness, hippos face many perils, such as disease and drought. A full-grown adult doesn't have much in the way of natural predators. Lions have been known to take down hippos, but it depends upon how many lions, the age of the hippo, and how far it is from the water.
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What animal has no predator?

Animals with no natural predators are called apex predators, because they sit at the top (or apex) of the food chain. The list is indefinite, but it includes lions, grizzly bears, crocodiles, giant constrictor snakes, wolves, sharks, electric eels, giant jellyfish, killer whales, polar bears, and arguably, humans.
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Can a hippo beat an elephant?

Even if the hippo did successfully ambush and bite the elephant, the elephant would rear back in pain from being bitten and then spear a tusk through the hippo. That would cause massive damage to the hippo's body or organs, instantly debilitating or outright killing them. In a fight, the elephant would handily win.
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Can a male lion beat a hippo?

Lions cannot kill adult hippos in one fell swoop; they must kill them with dozens of serious wounds. No hippo is going to allow a lion to live long enough to inflict that kind of damage on them. If a lion and hippo saw each other coming, the fight would be all about brawn.
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Who would win lion vs elephant?

An elephant would win in an elephant vs lion fight. A single lion does not pose much of a threat to a fully grown elephant. The elephant is simply too large for the lion to handle. The only way it could win a fight is if it managed to bite and claw the elephant all over and make it bleed to death.
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What's deadlier than a shark?

Falling Coconuts kill more people than sharks

Falling coconuts cause 150 human deaths every year on average; that's 30 times more than sharks.
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Who would win bull shark vs white?

In a straight comparison, Great Whites win hands down. They're bigger, stronger, faster. Put the two in a fight, and there's no question which one would win. However, Bull Sharks live much closer to humans.
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Who would win bull shark vs Tiger Shark?

If compared, a bull shark has a bite force of 1,350psi, which is much more than a tiger shark, at 325 psi. It should be noted that this bite force ranks the highest among all shark species. As a result, we can clearly see the winner here- the bull shark.
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Who wins grizzly or hippo?

The hippopotamus would win a fight with a grizzly bear due to its ability to deal more damage with each attack and its greater maneuverability in the water. The hippo is also much larger than the grizzly and with much better weapons than the grizzly. Making it the clear winner.
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Who wins hippo or polar bear?

A hippo would win a fight against a polar bear.

Instead, the hippo needs one or two bites to incapacitate the polar bear. Its massive teeth would penetrate the bear's fur and skin, breaking bones and ripping into organs. In this rare case, speed on land would only matter at the beginning of the fight.
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Can a rhino beat an elephant?

An elephant weighs about six tons and is 12 feet tall, while the rhino weighs two tons and is six feet tall. On the other hand, it is also twice as fast as an elephant and is able to strike with its horn, which is sharp enough to penetrate an elephant's thick, tough skin and deliver a blow serious enough to kill it.
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Who would win a tiger or a gorilla?

A tiger would kill a gorilla in a fight. If a tiger managed to ambush a gorilla, the tiger would immediately kill it. Although the gorilla is strong, the fact is that it could not stop 600 pounds of charging muscle and teeth.
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Which is stronger buffalo or rhino?

Rhinoceroses are known for their tank-like build, with some specimens weighing up to over 3,100 lbs. With this size advantage over the buffalo, it's no surprise that the rhino is able to overpower the bull. This isn't the first time we've seen these two enormous beasts go at it…
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What is the strongest land animal?

Elephant

In brute strength, elephants are the strongest mammals and the strongest land animals. African elephants can weigh up to 6,350kg and they can carry up to 9,000kg, the weight of 130 adult humans.
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