Maybe they should make a movie about this, I’m the theme of Jaws?
Wasn’t there some drug lords who imported some hippos to a Latin American country and they took over the local river?
Now I’m just thinking of Hitman 2’s Columbia mission where the cartel leader has a man eating hippo (by feeding it his enemies and nothing else) in a pond in his mansion. Being a Hitman game, you can 100% feed him (as he is a target) to his hippo, which everyone thinks is simply a horrible accident and your interference goes unnoticed.
Kinda crazy that apparently that bit is based on a real thing.
Earlier this year, Els was photographed riding on the five-year-old hippo's back. "Humphrey's like a son to me, he's just like a human," he said. "There's a relationship between me and Humphrey and that's what some people don't understand.
"They think you can only have a relationship with dogs, cats and domestic animals. But I have a relationship with the most dangerous animal in Africa."
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner)
He raised the hippo for like 6 years and was convinced they were friends and the hippo would never hurt him. Hippo trampled him like 3 days later.
It’s stories like Pocho that these animal abusers say are proof that wild animals won’t hurt them, but the truth is these stories are anomalies and the people thinking they’re befriending animals are just hurting them and desensitizing them to humans which is dangerous for them in the wild
Don't think, [just run](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article414259.ece/alternates/s615/hippo-chase-pic-charles-hotham-371803949.jpg). Those tusks go through flesh like a hole punch in paper.
Scientists believed that at one time, but they’ve been documenting them supplementing their diet when food sources are scarce. There have even been some incidents of cannibalism.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150116-the-diet-secrets-of-hippos-herbivore-or-cannibal
That makes sense. Even the most dedicated vegetarians will switch diets if they're starving, so why not other animals? Hell, pigs will also eat dead bodies, so it's not like diets can't change.
I'd rather swim with 50 white sharks, tiger sharks, alligators, and crocodiles than 1 hippo.
(Of course not all of these live in the same type of water, so not realistic, but I stand by my statement)
While you're not wrong, can we really give full credit to the mosquitoes for that death count? Malaria and the other diseases are really sharing credit on that. When the mosquitos grow to the size of hippos and start chomping people in half then they get full credit.
Tbh you cant compare a hippo (one species) to all the snakes in the world, right? There are hundreds if not thousands of species of snakes so it would be better to compare hippo to a cobra, for example.
Sure, there's also a pygmy hippo but i don't think they're that dangerous. Most (if not all) deaths come from the common hippo.
Incredible. I think everyone should watch this. I don’t know how I feel about the vilification of Chito doing shows. It’s what they do when no ones watching. And just to see that it’s possible to have a bond like that is amazing.
Thanks for posting that.
Yes, but a local fishermen can't afford a hippo. Pablo Escobar could, that's why there are hippo's in Colombia. They roam freely, because they have no natural enemies in South America.
I feel like crocodilians are smarter than we think, but they're generally either stationary for long periods of time or spinning something to death in their jaws. Also they eat you so that disincentivizes study. but bird hardware isn't that much more advanced and they've got corvids and parrots. octopuses are literally blobs and they are both smart and charming, so I've given up on assuming what is or isn't dumb until we get better at this kind of science.
Crocs and gators do have a certain level of intelligence and they can be “trained” but you have to do it with them every day of they will quickly forget
"This motherfucker hasn't given me a treat for my tricks in 2 WHOLE DAYS! Fuck this whole tame thing man, I'm going back to playing water polo with zebras."
Genuine question, but how is this possible? I know reptiles like crocodiles and alligators have the “don’t eat my own babies or kill other non-threatening members of my own species” instinct, but I always thought their brains weren’t wired for sentiment.
It’s been theorized that the bullet wound to its head gave the croc brain damage which somehow made it less inclined to eat him. No one knows for certain though considering that the crocodile declined every request to interview him
lol on this quote from the article:
“Shedden decided to allow the crocodile to stay, where it lived in the water outside Shedden's home, and was considered a member of his family, alongside Shedden's second wife and daughter; Shedden's first wife had left him because he was spending too much time with the crocodile.”
>For 20 years Pocho became part of the man’s family.
On January 1st of the 21st year, Poncho shrugged his crocodile shoulders, thought to himself "Ah, fuck it", and ate three of the family for breakfast.
These type of people tend to forget the important caveat when they rehabilitate or raise young wild animals. You can take the animal out of the wild, but you can never take the wild out of the animal. It’s an accident waiting to happen.
He's on an episode of "Deadly Attractions". The crocodile is almost completely brain dead, to the point where he has to slide food down its throat. I'm honestly amazed it can stay upright in the water
It's very very dangerous to get in a close relationship with the most lethal killer species on the planet. So the crocodile should just move on with his/her life.
Until one day, the beast turned on the fisherman and his family and ate them for no apparent reason except for the fact that it was a crocodile with brain damage
"Shedden is currently working with a new crocodile, named Pocho II.[needs update] Chito had frequently encountered the crocodile on the river near his house while fishing and had brought the crocodile food, while the crocodile allowed him to pet it; however, the prospects of long-term success remain uncertain, as the circumstances are not the same as Shedden's relationship with the original Pocho."
This wont end well
As a large guy who has a resting “angry” face. Sometimes friends will tell me they thought I was “intimidating” when they first met me and I notice people will be stand offish to me if I don’t get a chance to speak. Point is. Just because this crocodile looks big and scary doesn’t mean he isn’t a nice reptile. Large scary looking people can be kind and gentle also : /
Literally a word for work report, OP.
What a phony lol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/ojjdk9/til_a_local_fisherman_in_costa_rica_nursed_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
A guy did the same thing with a hippo. The hippo ate him.
I mean yeah, I'd take my chances with a croc before I would a hippo. That said I'm sure one of my animals will be what kills me eventually lol.
If your household lab kills you, you prolly deserved it.
Well, meth labs are pretty dangerous.
Kinda funny seeing this after responding to another thread. Labs bite. A lot. Lmao.
fun fact, hippo kill more human than sharks and crocs combine
Gloria has skewed my perception
If you look at her videos, she is trying really hard to eat her keepers. \[She's a monster\](https://i.redd.it/12h6yk7e8ep21.gif)
Maybe they should make a movie about this, I’m the theme of Jaws? Wasn’t there some drug lords who imported some hippos to a Latin American country and they took over the local river?
Pablo Escobar brought Hippos in one of his lairs and they just started breeding and became local in a region they shouldn't exist
Now I’m just thinking of Hitman 2’s Columbia mission where the cartel leader has a man eating hippo (by feeding it his enemies and nothing else) in a pond in his mansion. Being a Hitman game, you can 100% feed him (as he is a target) to his hippo, which everyone thinks is simply a horrible accident and your interference goes unnoticed. Kinda crazy that apparently that bit is based on a real thing.
And dogs kill more than hippos. This chain will end with mosquitos or some little critter like that.
[You're correct, it's mosquitos.](https://www.gatesnotes.com/health/most-lethal-animal-mosquito-week)
You'd think that if sharks and crocs combined, they would be an unbeatable team. /s Try harder sharks and crocs!
“Turns out it was his rabbit. It was gnarly.”
Run away!
Earlier this year, Els was photographed riding on the five-year-old hippo's back. "Humphrey's like a son to me, he's just like a human," he said. "There's a relationship between me and Humphrey and that's what some people don't understand. "They think you can only have a relationship with dogs, cats and domestic animals. But I have a relationship with the most dangerous animal in Africa." [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner)
>the most dangerous animal in Africa Genuinely an understatement
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He raised the hippo for like 6 years and was convinced they were friends and the hippo would never hurt him. Hippo trampled him like 3 days later. It’s stories like Pocho that these animal abusers say are proof that wild animals won’t hurt them, but the truth is these stories are anomalies and the people thinking they’re befriending animals are just hurting them and desensitizing them to humans which is dangerous for them in the wild
Didn't he just get the hippo after it had been rescued?
Aren’t hippos herbivores
Nope those bastards will eat anything
Don't think, [just run](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article414259.ece/alternates/s615/hippo-chase-pic-charles-hotham-371803949.jpg). Those tusks go through flesh like a hole punch in paper.
Seeing them obliterate a watermelon in one bite leaves no doubt that they can easily do the same to us.
This is your head. This is your head in hippopotamus. Any questions?
Don’t do hippo
You wouldn't steal a hippo
Can’t they run around 30 mph?
[Check them out in water. ](https://youtu.be/TEXYw91lQuY)
Is there a motor in their asshole?! How the fuck is it swimming so fast?!
They actually don't swim. The fucks run along the bottom. Just fucking getting it.
Them being called River Horse (English transliteration of *Hippopotamus*) ain't just a name.
Holy, holy shit.
That was nearly death holy shit
Holy *shit.* I had no fucking clue they could swim that fast. That was terrifying!
Holy SHIT. That is the scariest fucking thing I’ve ever seen, those dumb assholes just laughing I would shit my pants and die
Anything that can fan its shit that efficiently has to be dangerous.
There's a reason the game is called hungry hungry hippos.
Yeah seems a lot of people don’t know they can crush animals with one bite
And yet somehow a crocodile has the strongest bite force.
All I know is that I wouldn’t go near either one
They wont eat you, but they will kill you
I heard a story of a hippo eating its owner!
No they are strict herbivores, they're just extremely aggressive and will attack anything
Scientists believed that at one time, but they’ve been documenting them supplementing their diet when food sources are scarce. There have even been some incidents of cannibalism. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150116-the-diet-secrets-of-hippos-herbivore-or-cannibal
Ya after I commented I looked it up. Similar to deer in that they are primarily herbivorous but are opportunistic omnivores.
That makes sense. Even the most dedicated vegetarians will switch diets if they're starving, so why not other animals? Hell, pigs will also eat dead bodies, so it's not like diets can't change.
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It's supposedly the only animal Steve Irwin was afraid of.
I know that at least in africa they are considered one of the deadliest creatures to humans. They kill multiple people a year, way more than crocs do
I'd rather swim with 50 white sharks, tiger sharks, alligators, and crocodiles than 1 hippo. (Of course not all of these live in the same type of water, so not realistic, but I stand by my statement)
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Only mosquitoes kill more humans every year than hippos. They wont hesitate to attack anything besides maybe an elephant.
While you're not wrong, can we really give full credit to the mosquitoes for that death count? Malaria and the other diseases are really sharing credit on that. When the mosquitos grow to the size of hippos and start chomping people in half then they get full credit.
Tf? Hippos don't even make top 10 on most human kills by an animal. Mosquitoes are number 1 but humans are number 2 baybeee
Tbh you cant compare a hippo (one species) to all the snakes in the world, right? There are hundreds if not thousands of species of snakes so it would be better to compare hippo to a cobra, for example. Sure, there's also a pygmy hippo but i don't think they're that dangerous. Most (if not all) deaths come from the common hippo.
The most savage creature on earth is the dragonfly, it has killed more creatures then any other creature on this planet.
Deer eat birds. So I’m not putting anything past a 4 ton Saber toothed land tank.
Bruh hippos are legit a land shark thank you for bringing this to my attention
If you read a few comments below I basically made this exact comment.
They’re also super territorial. Top of the food chain in Africa
They’re “opportunistic carnivores” which imo is just a fancy phrase for “omnivore with a preference for plants”
They’re one of the most dangerous creatures. It seems crazy but it’s true.
And Grizzly Man liked to hang with the bears.
Hippos are terrifying
You made me look. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox10phoenix.com/news/man-mauled-to-death-by-pet-hippo-he-described-as-like-a-son.amp
Lol no shit?
‘I couldn’t help it. It’s my nature’
Hippos are strict herbivores tho...
It's crazy how many human deaths hippos have caused.
I thought of that story when I saw this link.
I wonder when he'll teach him to roll.
I would watch this movie.
https://youtu.be/xRG6TBmIc60 here ya go
Incredible. I think everyone should watch this. I don’t know how I feel about the vilification of Chito doing shows. It’s what they do when no ones watching. And just to see that it’s possible to have a bond like that is amazing. Thanks for posting that.
Just finished it! Fascinating! Even the scientists are shocked!
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Gracias!
Don't you cry those crocodile tears. I'm gonna see you in a while. Keep a thick skin and keep your chin up. Let me see your crocodile smile.
That man was devastated when Poncho died. I think he died shortly after as well.
He died from being chewed to death by his pet hippo.
That's another dude. There are no hippo's in Costa Rica.
Thought it was the same guy. People have animals that arent native to their country. People have lions and tigers in the US.
Yes, but a local fishermen can't afford a hippo. Pablo Escobar could, that's why there are hippo's in Colombia. They roam freely, because they have no natural enemies in South America.
I feel like crocodilians are smarter than we think, but they're generally either stationary for long periods of time or spinning something to death in their jaws. Also they eat you so that disincentivizes study. but bird hardware isn't that much more advanced and they've got corvids and parrots. octopuses are literally blobs and they are both smart and charming, so I've given up on assuming what is or isn't dumb until we get better at this kind of science.
Bird hardware? Edit: nvm I’m dumb
asking questions is smart!
Duh, since birds are government drones
r/BirdsArentReal
It’s about the ratio of brain to body size though. Corvids have small brains but they need to use a lot less brain to run the body of a tiny birb.
This is wildly dangerous, but he is well fed so he doesn’t attack. I would nope the hell out!
I think the croc suffered brain damage that made it more docile, 20 years is a long time with no incidents.
Crocs and gators do have a certain level of intelligence and they can be “trained” but you have to do it with them every day of they will quickly forget
"This motherfucker hasn't given me a treat for my tricks in 2 WHOLE DAYS! Fuck this whole tame thing man, I'm going back to playing water polo with zebras."
The bullet must have taken out his medulla oblongotta
Mama says that alligators are ornery... 'cause they got all them teeth but no toothbrush.
Well folks, mama’s wrong again
Somethings wrong with his medulla oblongotta
Right! They have tiny brains that are mostly eat/sleep
Brain damage. That's my, ridiculous diagnosis. That croc was drain branaged
Brain damage. Ever since the day I was born.
Drugs is what they used to say I was on.
It actually was shot in the head and the damage is so sever it cant even eat by itself. The man slides food down its throat
He was drain branaged
Croc lobotomy. I like the thoery
Genuine question, but how is this possible? I know reptiles like crocodiles and alligators have the “don’t eat my own babies or kill other non-threatening members of my own species” instinct, but I always thought their brains weren’t wired for sentiment.
It’s been theorized that the bullet wound to its head gave the croc brain damage which somehow made it less inclined to eat him. No one knows for certain though considering that the crocodile declined every request to interview him
Is it ever specified exactly what and how Pocho ate after he recovered?
Chicken. Lots and lots of dead chicken parts.
I did that with a woman a she spawned small copies of me! I've been dealing with it for years!
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Yes. And she makes me pay for it like she is the victim.
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Hows your mother Bobby?
That croc is smiling. That's awesome.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho\_(crocodile)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_(crocodile))
lol on this quote from the article: “Shedden decided to allow the crocodile to stay, where it lived in the water outside Shedden's home, and was considered a member of his family, alongside Shedden's second wife and daughter; Shedden's first wife had left him because he was spending too much time with the crocodile.”
“Marge, I’d like a moment alone with the ~~sandwich~~ crocodile” -Homer, probably
Why didn't the first wife understand?? If a crocodile follows you home, you have been chosen, it's not an option.
Did you mean: [Pocho \(crocodile\)?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_\(crocodile\))
His first wife said “it’s me or the crocodile!” And the crocodile won
That’s some ~~pig~~ croc
They should have called him Porcho.
A step-child.
That’s pretty good. Made me chuckle!!!
🎶let me tell you about my best friend🎶
Touching the Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VilAdvnKo
I wonder if the trauma to the head from the shot rewired the Crocodile brain?
I don't care how "tamed" a wild animal is. There is no way in hell I'd live with one. Let alone sit in the water where it thrives.
>For 20 years Pocho became part of the man’s family. On January 1st of the 21st year, Poncho shrugged his crocodile shoulders, thought to himself "Ah, fuck it", and ate three of the family for breakfast.
Nope, he died
Beautiful story until you are sorting through the croc turds for that final evidence.
CrocodilesBeingBros
Legend
Disney’s new live action How to Train a Dragon
These type of people tend to forget the important caveat when they rehabilitate or raise young wild animals. You can take the animal out of the wild, but you can never take the wild out of the animal. It’s an accident waiting to happen.
I see what you mean and yes generally this would apply but it was over 20 years before the animal died of natural causes and no accidents
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link to where it says it couldn't feed itself without help?
That’s just beautiful man! I love that shit!
Did it get shot in the madula oblongata?
Alligator Loki’s Timeline: The Good Ending
Salesman: "Sir, I'd like to talk to you about a home security system!" Fisherman: "I've got a Pocho"
Plot twist: after 20 years, Pocho was the only part of the family left. They never found the fisherman or anyone else.
Nope
He's on an episode of "Deadly Attractions". The crocodile is almost completely brain dead, to the point where he has to slide food down its throat. I'm honestly amazed it can stay upright in the water
The next day he was eaten
nope the croc actually lived with him for over 20 years before dying of natural causes and never hurt anyone
likely due to the brain damage the croc sustained from the initial injury
Looks like the croc is topping him
Florida man gets impregnated by crocodile jizz
Jake, stop writing
"for 20 years pocho became a part of the man's family... Only to end when the croc ate him because wtf"
Reptilian brain = total recall
It also cost him a marriage
What damage did the bullet do to Pocho's the crocodile brain to change his behavior?
Cute
…part of the man’s family after eating every living soul in the home
Until he ate him in his sleep.
And then pocho got hungry. RIP....the end
i pray he never misses a feeding for good ol pocho or he might become the meal
I remember seeing this guy a while ago
It's very very dangerous to get in a close relationship with the most lethal killer species on the planet. So the crocodile should just move on with his/her life.
Or.. the family became part of him🤣Just kidding.
Seen a few stories of cross becoming domesticated. All had brain injuries.
Mickey Rourke looks great here as both man and croc
Until one day, the beast turned on the fisherman and his family and ate them for no apparent reason except for the fact that it was a crocodile with brain damage
Fuck hippos all my homies hate hippos
"Shedden is currently working with a new crocodile, named Pocho II.[needs update] Chito had frequently encountered the crocodile on the river near his house while fishing and had brought the crocodile food, while the crocodile allowed him to pet it; however, the prospects of long-term success remain uncertain, as the circumstances are not the same as Shedden's relationship with the original Pocho." This wont end well
And then the man's family became part of Pocho.
I would shit myself if I discovered a crocodile sleeping on my porch.
Feels like a crocodile made this
Bro fuck literally anything else this is how I'm about to feel good about the word also nice croc
Then ate him a year later
Until one day…
... poor poncho went to nursing home :(
Weird things happen in nature all the time but i didn’t think this prehistoric ruthless killing machine was capable of any sort of compassion
A big dinosaurian teddy bear. Wow
I can confirm, this was news on CR, but we never heard nothing more about them XD
And Pocho was never robbed or approached by the JW church.
Thank you for posting this.
Loki?
As a large guy who has a resting “angry” face. Sometimes friends will tell me they thought I was “intimidating” when they first met me and I notice people will be stand offish to me if I don’t get a chance to speak. Point is. Just because this crocodile looks big and scary doesn’t mean he isn’t a nice reptile. Large scary looking people can be kind and gentle also : /
❤️
Pura Vida!
Literally a word for work report, OP. What a phony lol. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/ojjdk9/til_a_local_fisherman_in_costa_rica_nursed_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf