Watch a Zookeeper Narrowly Escape as Two Hippos Clash in Their Enclosure

Zookeepers spend a lot of time managing large animals safely, but stepping near two agitated hippos is an especially risky ...
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Hippos Use Giant Jaws and Tusks to Fight for Territory

You do not want to get on a hippopotamus’s bad side — it could be the last thing you do! These huge mammals can become vicious if provoked, and even though they haven’t been trained in martial arts, ...
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Watch a 4,000-Pound Hippo Casually Chase Off Five Crocs in Kenya’s Maasai Mara

A massive hippo calmly displaces five Nile crocodiles from a fresh kill in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Adult hippos dominate shared waterways and rarely back down from crocodiles. Both hippos and Nile ...
MLive

Hippo that killed antelope at John Ball Zoo had no history of aggression, former zoo says

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A pygmy hippo named Jahari that killed an antelope in its enclosure at a Grand Rapids zoo on Tuesday has no history of aggressive behavior, the hippo’s former zoo said. Jahari, 8, ...
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USDA report alleges pygmy hippo exhibited aggressive behaviors prior to killing antelope at John Ball Zoo

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report with details on the sitatunga killed by a pygmy hippopotamus at the John Ball Zoo. The report used notes from ...
WTOL

USDA report alleges pygmy hippo exhibited aggressive behaviors prior to killing antelope at western Michigan zoo

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report with details on the sitatunga killed by a pygmy hippopotamus at the John Ball Zoo. The report used notes from ...