with huge shotguns like a 3 gauge
Hippos are hunted mainly for their teeth, known as hippo ivory.
They were dangerous and would kill the crops
Hippopotamus are endangered due to the exploitation and habit loss (mainly due to heavy clearning of forest area). They are hunted illegally for meat.
Hippos face few natural predators due to their size and aggressive nature, but they can be hunted by large crocodiles when they are young or weak. Humans are the most significant threat to hippos, hunting them for their meat, skin, and ivory-like teeth. Additionally, lions may occasionally target hippos, particularly young or injured individuals, but such occurrences are rare.
Hippopotamus are not extinct - they are alive and well and living in Africa
Hippos are an easy animal to poach as they gather in water holes for extended periods of time, allow hunters to kill several at a time. They are hunted for their tusks (ivory), body parts for alternative medicines, meat for exotic foods.
If you mean what did they hunt for in the 20th century then the answer is for food.They hunted for animals raging from squirrels to bears.They used guns without a scope on them so they used Winchester rifles and pump rifles and shotguns and small hand guns and they also used bows and arrows.
hippos
The collective nouns are a bloat of hippos, a crash of hippos, or a herd of hippos.
what hippos
do hippos hibernate
well the male hippos enimes are humans and other hippos what he said ^