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[-] THE_ANON@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 months ago

It isn't cute guys ,unless it's doing that in a playful way . Encouraging that will lead it to act like when grown up and it wouldn't go well. And hippos biting shit isn't cut at all atleast when the grown one's do.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 59 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] ForestOrca@kbin.social 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.

[-] Hegar@kbin.social 32 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] jak@sopuli.xyz 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.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

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

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

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

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 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.

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 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.

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Raise ‘em right!

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