Nature is Metal

[Mik]

Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.

Link to video

[jon-nyc]

Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

[Doctor Phibes]

@mik said in Nature is Metal:

Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.

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They are, right up until the point where they rip you in two.

[Rainman]

@jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

C'mon man, who you trying to kid??

Look at them. They couldn't possibly swim. Short fat legs, big fat body. No way can something with that design swim.

Kill people? No way. They don't even have sharp teeth, and anyone could outrun such a fat, overweight, well..., hippo.

Closet cousins (whatever that means, er... Sic) to whales. My god man, one lives in the water, the other fat lardass plumps along on land.

As Jon would say:

Jesus

[Copper]

Fiona is death

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

They are the most lethal critter in Africa, killing more than any of the great cats, rhinos, crocs, snakes, etc...

[Rainman]

No.
Surprisingly, the most dangerous is the African Moose.
Never, I mean NEVER, roll your window down during an African safari to take a picture, even if the moose is yards away in the snow.
They are faster than a polar brown bear.

[taiwan_girl]

@lufins-dad said in Nature is Metal:

@jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

They are the most lethal critter in Africa, killing more than any of the great cats, rhinos, crocs, snakes, etc...

Here is proof.

(https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/12/17/pet-hippo-mauled-owner-to-death-and-dragged-body-away/)

[Mik]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/kfkjji/dance_of_the_mongoose_and_cobra/

[Mik]

The skeleton of conjoined twins at Mutter Museum.

[taiwan_girl]

@mik Wow. appears that they had one head and two bodies?

Seems like that they did not live very long.

[George K]

[brenda]

@george-k Almost as fast as D'Oh when he hears it's last call at the pub.

[George K]

@brenda said in Nature is Metal:

@george-k Almost as fast as D'Oh when he hears it's last call at the pub.

In the thread someone asked, "So, how did they catch it?"

[George K]

Link to video

[jon-nyc]

As long as this thread includes Nature as augmented by artificial selection.

[George K]

"Here fishy, fishy!"

[George K]

[Nunatax]

[Klaus]

That shot took a lot of preparation and patience.