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If it is a male hippo it will use it's brute strength and sizable tusks to stomp the crocodile to death. The female hippo will nag and cajole the croc into marrying her and then slowly crush his hopes and dreams until he can't take it anymore and dies of a broken spirit.
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Do alligators eat hippos?
Hippos and alligators don't live in the same regions. Hippos do kill crocodiles, but they don't eat them.
What can kill crocodiles?
Rhinos, elephants, hunters, and mostly hippos. Lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars can kill crocodiles depending on the size of the crocodiles.
What is a hippos prey and predateor?
Hippos don't hunt other animals. They are herbivores. Only very large crocodiles can kill adult hippos. Lion prides take on injured, old, or sick adult hippos. Young hippos are prey for lions and crocodiles.
Is a tiger stronger than a hippopotumus?
Hippos can flip boats and kill humans by drowning them with their body weight and strong jaws. In fact, hippos acutally can attack and kill adult crocodiles.
Do crocodiles and alligators attack hippos?
Crocs may take a young one, but the adults are too big for them to handle. In fact, bull hippos sometimes kill crocodiles.
Does a hippo eat a croccidles?
Hippos are herbivores, so they don't eat meat. However, they have been known to kill crocodiles. In a few cases, hippos act as scavengers, but I don't think they are known to have eaten dead crocodiles.
Can crocodiles eat a hippo?
Very large crocodiles, such as the infamous Nile Crocodile Gustave (20ft+) have been known to kill and devour male adult hippos. However, crocodiles tend to go for smaller hippos and generally prefer gazelle and wildebeest over hippos, whom they share their territories with.
What can kill a shark besides orcas?
Dolphins, other sharks, probaly some whales, crocodiles, hippos, and humans can.
Why crocodiles are afraid of hippos?
Big hippos sometimes kill crocodiles in defence of their young. However the giant nile crocodile Gustav was observed killing an adult hippo.
Do hippos eat crocodiles?
If they are already dead, or if a hippo calf wondered off by itself and got caught by a waiting crocodile. Crocs will almost never take on a fully-grown hippo because of the highly aggressive nature of these animals and the fact that hippos always travel in groups. But that being said, a group of large enough crocodiles can kill a hippo and eat it. Normally, hippos generally kill crocodiles out of defense for their young and themselves.
What predators and other dangers affect the Nile Crocodile?
Hippos kill nile crocodiles. They are known to slice adult crocodiles in half, even the large ones.
Do elephants eat hippos?
Hippos only eat plants, because they are herbivores. Any animals they kill are out of self defense. Although they can kill even lions or crocodiles, they would not be able to kill an elephant.
