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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 25 points 9 months ago
[–] jolliver_bromwell@hexbear.net 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i love and cherish all hippos and wish i could befriend them but they're too angry

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yea part of the reason you don't see a lot of people getting close to adult hippos is they are the deadliest animal to humans. (Like actually deadly not you die from an infection they carry)

They're a big problem for white water kayakers because they tend to attack anything that moves and their tusks will go through two thick layers of plastic and a human thigh like it's nothing and then walk your ass down to the bottom of the pool.

[–] livestreamedcollapse@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh shit, and here I was thinking 'fuck you rocks' lying just below the surface were the worst thing a paddler could encounter, not an ambush hervabore's tusks goring your thigh then pulling you under!

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 21 points 9 months ago

Look I just want to smooch Moo Deng, I don't care if she's actually an alien.

[–] Philosophosphorous@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago

most humans only care about animals insofar as they can be used as affection-toys or slaves, and adult hippos are un-cuddle-able, they will maul you and are very territorial, and you can't really use them for sustained economic activity like horses or donkeys, outside of like zoo exhibits.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Did he just categorize seals as hairless mammals? Because Canadians have slaughtered millions of seals for the fur trade (and still do today).

[–] axont@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago

I thought you were about to say Canadians qualify as hairless mammals

[–] Poogona@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Okay Felix but once on Hasan's stream you said that you don't like chickens because they're like bugs to you and I was deeply disappointed, that is low-vibration animal enjoyment

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My god that is an incredible take from Felix, I couldn't agree more, birds in general have always been more like bugs to me (it's the way they move), except Ravens for some reason, I consider them more like people

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago