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[+] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol, it's a hippo; they kill for fun.

Letting/not letting a baby do that will in no way impact it's behavior as an adult.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

I suspect you are correct. And I'm not going to participate in The Experiment. And dang, they are rather cute when smol.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I for one fully support teaching hippos to eat humans from a young age.

Hippos are the best killer of humans among all large land animals. I support excellence, and so should you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aren't they third for all animals total? First being humans, then mosquitos, then hippos?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Do car accidents and house fires count as humans killing humans?

Like, it obviously wouldn’t normally, but mosquitoes have zero conception of harming us, nor do they kill us directly, and they count, so intent and directness aren’t necessary.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

You know how babies love jamming things in their mouth...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

They all do that anyway. There is no such thing as a trained pet hippo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

There was a podcast I listened to some time back where one of the people was describing exotic pets, particularly lions and tigers, and how their uncle had kept some, and they were told to never let the cats play bite, because they would keep doing it into adulthood, and then you'd have a dead owner.

This is why Joe Exotic's "Tiger petting zoo" had such a high body count. Turns out that meth and tigers shouldn't mix.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

LMFAO I highly recommend you go out to some of the friendlier hippos that have never done this at a young age. You'll be fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Raise ‘em right!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

Aww now. Aaaahhhhhhhhhh later.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

Now that he's had his first taste, there's no going back.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Hungy hungy hippo

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Cuteass lil killing machine

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Just hope mama isn't around

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

This looks like a very large Canadian house hippo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

oh noes!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Is this Fiona or Fritz?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They have to amputate?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

don't eating leg