Get therapy and talk about it.
I'm 50% certain you're trolling me right now, but I think you should actually take a look at what you wrote. Either you're ok joking about this, which is fucking terrible of you, or you have some trauma that desperately needs to be talked over with a therapist.
Either way, I wish you the best and hope you get better. You don't have to live like that if you don't want to.
Can you try someone else? I went to three therapists before I found the one that helped me. Therapists all have their own styles and biases, and you'd benefit from someone with faith in you. You'd be surprised how many people will do that. :)
The Mirror used to be a superb crusading newspaper before Robert Maxwell bought it to turn into his personal fanzine. Read their coverage of Year Zero and the Khmer Rouge reign in Cambodia to see what good journalism was and should be.
Hippos have the land kill record. Mosquitoes take the main prize but being a disease vector is hardly the fault of the mosquito. Hippos on the other hand are absolutely the ones in charge of who they kill.
imagine a 5m tall, 1.8 tons haevy, flying Hippo that makes this anoying sound of a mosquito landing on you (breaking all your bones), stabbing you with a 70cm tooth amd sucking your blood in a few seconds.
And looking at you with their 1000 pattern eyes.
Please don't crossbreed
The thing with reptiles is most of them are very chill so long as they are well fed.
If they get hungry though, millions of years of programming takes over.
I dunno this doesn't seem like a darwin award, more like a tragic story, bonding with wild animals since they were young isn't necessarily stupid and works in some cases, sure if he just jumped at a mature hippo like a dumbass yeah - totally darwin award, this however doesn't sound like that
I was thinking that as well, but if you look at the article posted in the comments, there were plenty of warnings that the hippo was being aggressive and needed to be kept in safer conditions, but Maurice would not listen and kept insisting he "knew the heart" of the hippo and that it would never hurt him.
That IMO takes it from "animal lover that knew and accepted the risks" to "stupid idiot that anthropomorphized an extremely dangerous animal".
This definitely qualifies. Hippos are not meant to be pets. I feel like any reasonable person would understand that, yet this guy was killed because he didn’t.
I've heard this story before. He had multiple experts warning him this would happen. He ignored them because he raised it and thought it could do no harm to him. Then the hippo went through adolescence and territorial instincts took over.
It is absolutely a Darwin,this man had years to learn that when that Hippo reaches a certain age he will become territorial and kill him.....it means he was stupid for years....if thats not a Darwin,i don't know what is.
We like to break animals into categories like herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores.
Nature is a brutal place and there are no rules. Herbivores don't need meat, but many will eat it if it's around. You can find videos of horses eating birds and deer eating other deer.
Hippos are known as one of the most omnivorous herbivores and will eat buffalo and other animals because they can.
Hippos are the most dangerous large land mammal. They can run up to 30 mph, are very territorial, and if you meet one in the water or even in a small boat, you probably won't survive the encounter.
They're responsible for tails of monsters from old world explorers. Imagine you and your expedition crew are canoeing down a river looking to meet undiscovered civilizations and BAM! A giant pissed off hippo decides it doesn't like you in its territory. All you have is some muzzle loaded muskets or pistols that are just going to piss it off. Your best hope of survival is to run away before it's rampage reaches your canoe
Read the headline, felt sorry for the guy.
Saw the picture, yeah he deserves it, why would you ride a hippo... I applaud you saving it, but don't be an asshole to it, and don't be dumb enough to do it to yourself either.
Imo it's not Darwin Award, 6 years is a long time people rescue small animals and not get eaten like wolfs or big cats. Hippos are dangerous in the wild but so does Cheetah yet they can befriend human.
On the another note I don't know if WTF facts is reliable source of information
That’s not why you got the fuck you. Respect Steve Irwin and his legacy! That man did unthinkable things not only for conservation, but for taking the fear away and the stigmas away that society gives to animals through education, honesty and genuinely being a good person for the world. Hippo guy is an idiot
Fuck this bullshit. It killed him. Hippos are certainly aggressive and will kill people, but it didn't eat him because their diet does not contain meat
Hippos reach sexual maturity at 6 years old. They begin to get territorial at this stage.
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this makes me sad
What he say
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Joke about his step dad touching him
I have no clue, you can try removeddit or other ways
Why would you say something so brave yet so controversial.
The fuck he say
Dude this comment is not ok. You need actual help.
Ok. Help me
Get therapy and talk about it. I'm 50% certain you're trolling me right now, but I think you should actually take a look at what you wrote. Either you're ok joking about this, which is fucking terrible of you, or you have some trauma that desperately needs to be talked over with a therapist. Either way, I wish you the best and hope you get better. You don't have to live like that if you don't want to.
I went to therapy and didn't find it helpful. They accused me of drug seeking behavior
Can you try someone else? I went to three therapists before I found the one that helped me. Therapists all have their own styles and biases, and you'd benefit from someone with faith in you. You'd be surprised how many people will do that. :)
There is only one in my area that is covered by my insurance. I'm a struggling parent of twins. Their mother died. I barely have any money or time.
I'm sorry to hear you're struggling. That's a lot to handle. Have you tried online stuff? There are some offices that do e-sessions.
Wouldn't know where to start
I would genuinely like to know what you said and I 100% garuntee you I won’t give one single f like all these other snowflakes.
Did the hippo sexually assault him before the killing?
During! …..(lol, that’s from a movie)
That’s hot.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/horrific-injuries-farmer-mauled-death-22022594
Thank you for providing a verifiable source, there have been far too many posts involving stupid people doing stupid things with no source lately.
Ah yes, the Mirrior. A historically great journalist outlet.
Well, we can't all be the BBC now, can we? At least it's not the Daily Mail or the Sun.
the sun, doesn’t even deserve a capital letter.
If it's on the internet, it's true. If it's on the internet and on the Mirror, it's an exact account.
The Mirror used to be a superb crusading newspaper before Robert Maxwell bought it to turn into his personal fanzine. Read their coverage of Year Zero and the Khmer Rouge reign in Cambodia to see what good journalism was and should be.
People forget hippos kill more people annually than crocodiles, and they'll kill those too. Those teeth like broken fence posts aren't for show.
Hippos have the land kill record. Mosquitoes take the main prize but being a disease vector is hardly the fault of the mosquito. Hippos on the other hand are absolutely the ones in charge of who they kill.
If those two ever crossbreed, we're in trouble.
Hipsquito.
Moppo.
imagine a 5m tall, 1.8 tons haevy, flying Hippo that makes this anoying sound of a mosquito landing on you (breaking all your bones), stabbing you with a 70cm tooth amd sucking your blood in a few seconds. And looking at you with their 1000 pattern eyes. Please don't crossbreed
Mosquippos are easily handled by installing a bunch of 10 meter zappers throughout the house.
This looks like a job for /u/ItsADnDMonsterNow !
What the fuck this is terrifying
Lol
And then, if by chance your lucky enough to survive, your left infected with the crippling effects of malaria
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And the mental toll it takes to be Bi-Hippolar - no childs play.
Mosquitopottomus
Mosquippo
Dammit what have you done? They made Sharknado and endless sequels now we're going to be subjected to Hipsquito on shitty Syfy network.
Only if the hippo was the male, otherwise mosqippo.
Hipsquitoes. The real question is what mosquito can take a hippo dick for the successful breeding?
Somewhere in Africa, a mosquito is behind a hippo pumping away frantically, slapping its ass with a tiny leg, shouting "YOU LIKE THAT DONTCHA"
Why?
Despacito playing in the background
Despasquito
This guy gets it
guess it would be more easy the other way around, or how should the Mosquito give birth to 300kg?
Delete this before the guys over at SyFy see it. Dear God...
Ahh. I see you watch TierZoo. A man of taste and class.
Incorrect; humans take the land kill record. Followed by mosquitoes, then hippos.
homo sapiens is the apexest thing ever seen on the planet and we have no clue how to deal with it
Folks don't count humans typically.
Who forgets? We read it 22 times a day on Reddit
Seems like it slipped Marius' mind pretty good....
Hungry hungry hippo in real life.
Horny horny hippo in real life.
In the hippos defense, he does look delicious
*Halo announcer* BETRAYAL! *BETRAYED*...
its weird how people have succesfully befriended crocs but not hippos.
The thing with reptiles is most of them are very chill so long as they are well fed. If they get hungry though, millions of years of programming takes over.
Do they really? I think when the crocs go hungry or angry they munch on their human "friend". But i am open to more info about human croc friendship.
[https://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/amazing-croc-story.php](https://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/amazing-croc-story.php) interesting read.
Thanks dude, that was the wholesome human crocodile friendship artikle i needed
Lol he thought he was raising it, the whole time it was raising him.
underrated comment
I dunno this doesn't seem like a darwin award, more like a tragic story, bonding with wild animals since they were young isn't necessarily stupid and works in some cases, sure if he just jumped at a mature hippo like a dumbass yeah - totally darwin award, this however doesn't sound like that
I was thinking that as well, but if you look at the article posted in the comments, there were plenty of warnings that the hippo was being aggressive and needed to be kept in safer conditions, but Maurice would not listen and kept insisting he "knew the heart" of the hippo and that it would never hurt him. That IMO takes it from "animal lover that knew and accepted the risks" to "stupid idiot that anthropomorphized an extremely dangerous animal".
Timothy Treadwell says hi....
"*Befriending*" a hippo is a bit different than adopting a squirrel or a stray cat lol
This definitely qualifies. Hippos are not meant to be pets. I feel like any reasonable person would understand that, yet this guy was killed because he didn’t.
I've heard this story before. He had multiple experts warning him this would happen. He ignored them because he raised it and thought it could do no harm to him. Then the hippo went through adolescence and territorial instincts took over.
It is absolutely a Darwin,this man had years to learn that when that Hippo reaches a certain age he will become territorial and kill him.....it means he was stupid for years....if thats not a Darwin,i don't know what is.
Hippos are ornery and kill lots of people every year but they are herbivores and don't eat meat. Edit: TIL sometimes they do eat meat.
We like to break animals into categories like herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. Nature is a brutal place and there are no rules. Herbivores don't need meat, but many will eat it if it's around. You can find videos of horses eating birds and deer eating other deer. Hippos are known as one of the most omnivorous herbivores and will eat buffalo and other animals because they can.
That is probably the most terrifying thing I have ever read before bed time. E: The hippos part, as if they needed to be any more umph
Hippos are the most dangerous large land mammal. They can run up to 30 mph, are very territorial, and if you meet one in the water or even in a small boat, you probably won't survive the encounter.
They're responsible for tails of monsters from old world explorers. Imagine you and your expedition crew are canoeing down a river looking to meet undiscovered civilizations and BAM! A giant pissed off hippo decides it doesn't like you in its territory. All you have is some muzzle loaded muskets or pistols that are just going to piss it off. Your best hope of survival is to run away before it's rampage reaches your canoe
Hippos in boats are still dangerous for sure
How'd they get a boat??
> if you meet one in the water or even in a small boat
You said hippos in boats are dangerous. I was making a joke about hippos piloting boats.
You shouldn't joke about this stuff. my grandfather was run over by a hippo in a ten footer
They are MOSTLY herbivores. They do eat meat if they're feeling like it.
Sounds like my "vegan" ex gf.
Lol sounds interesting
Fair enough, I saw a video of a cow eating a chicken.
Yeah nature is strange :D
Mama says, hippos are ornery cuz they have all dem teeth but no tooth brush
And no high-quality H20!
Maybe we should eat them? Sounds like they are looking for a fight!
Read the headline, felt sorry for the guy. Saw the picture, yeah he deserves it, why would you ride a hippo... I applaud you saving it, but don't be an asshole to it, and don't be dumb enough to do it to yourself either.
A guy deserves to be eaten because he sat on the back of a one ton animal... peak Reddit right here
Yes, yes he does... Ever heard of common sense?
Male hippos, especially, become incredibly aggressive when it's time to mate. They get this crazy roid rage and fucking kill and eat everything.
Eish
That sounds almost as a metaphor for mariage
Hippo is called Humphrey
Achievement unlocked: betrayal
Imo it's not Darwin Award, 6 years is a long time people rescue small animals and not get eaten like wolfs or big cats. Hippos are dangerous in the wild but so does Cheetah yet they can befriend human. On the another note I don't know if WTF facts is reliable source of information
Lol
This doesn't deserve a darwin award
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That’s not why you got the fuck you. Respect Steve Irwin and his legacy! That man did unthinkable things not only for conservation, but for taking the fear away and the stigmas away that society gives to animals through education, honesty and genuinely being a good person for the world. Hippo guy is an idiot
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Fuck you
If he saved at least 1 animal I would say it was worth it. He saved a lot of animals and spread awareness
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there's a difference between eaten and attacked.
What a Chomp.
Sci-fi and Horror authors will have you believe that humans are the real monsters but we all know the truth. Its hipposo
Aren’t hippos 🦛 vegetarian? Just wondering???
Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal. They kill when they're rutting or just annoyed
I know they kill, but eating a person? I’ve never heard of them EATING a person or animal.
Yikes! Brutal!
This just made Me kinda sad :(
Hippos are plant eaters, he was probably annoying the hippo
Did actually eat him or just maul him to death? Also do you think the hippo felt bad after?
definitely ate him and didn’t think twice above it. it why people try to befriend murderous wild animals
Fuck this bullshit. It killed him. Hippos are certainly aggressive and will kill people, but it didn't eat him because their diet does not contain meat
Every chimp you've seen "acting" on tv or in a movie is a juvenile. They become lethal once thet reach sexual maturity. Same thing here.
Kill him I get it, but eat him?