A hippo would win a fight against a crocodile. Although crocodiles are large, powerful creatures, they cannot kill a fully grown hippo. Hippos are large, roundish animals that are much taller than crocodiles. The only place they would be vulnerable to attack is their legs.
Therefore, crocodiles are predators and hippos are effectively prey so how come they lie next to each other in peace around a waterhole? The reality is that given half a chance a crocodile would attack and feed on a hippo but they do not because of just how dangerous a hippo can be.
An alligator can't pull 9,900lbs of hippo into the water, and it certainly can't bite the hippo's head or neck without a lot of work and luck. Meanwhile, a single bite from the hippo could puncture an organ and instantly kill the alligator.
The biggest determining factor in a fight between a rhino and hippo would be whether the fight was in the water or on land. A fight on the land could end with a rhino charging at 30mph with its horn and strong neck muscles thrusting into the side of hippo, knocking him over, and using his horn to finish the hippo off.
Can a hippo beat at Rex? Hippos are highly aggressive and sometimes Elephants also enjoy throwing their weight around. In any case, a Hippo couldn't withstand the weight of a T-rex, which can be between 7 to 9 tons, which is 18,000 pounds, and their bite force of 12,800 pounds which would crush a Hippo.
But despite their size and strength, there are animals that do prey on them. Man appears to be their biggest predator. Big cats like leopards and panthers sometimes kill and eat these big reptiles. Large snakes can also do a lot of damage to alligators and crocodiles.
Besides humans, hippos are known to attack lions, hyenas, and crocodiles. Lions and hyenas generally avoid hippos with how easy it would be for a full-grown adult to kill a pack of either of them. Still, there are occasional instances where desperate lions and hyenas will find an isolated hippo and try to kill it.
Nile crocodiles, lions, and spotted hyenas are known to prey on young hippos. Beyond these, adult hippos are not usually preyed upon by other animals due to their aggression and size. Cases where large lion prides have successfully preyed on adult hippos have been reported, but it is generally rare.
If the fight were to happen on land, a rhino might have the upper hand against a saltwater croc because it is more used to living on land. However, if a fight started close to the water or in the water directly, the crocodile would likely defeat the rhino.
A hippo would win a fight against a polar bear.
Instead, the hippo needs one or two bites to incapacitate the polar bear. Its massive teeth would penetrate the bear's fur and skin, breaking bones and ripping into organs. In this rare case, speed on land would only matter at the beginning of the fight.
A hippo would win a fight against a solo lion, and it would even fight several lions to a draw. The hippo's sheer power and ability to hide in a place lions must visit, the water, would give them an advantage in a fight.
Interestingly, they are two creatures that have not changed much in millions of years because they're already perfect at what they do: eat other animals. Being that crocodiles live in many places around the world but need to stay close to land for food, the chances of a crocodile vs shark match ever happening are low.
Although the lion has a lot of advantages over the crocodile in terms of a fight, the crocodile would win in a fight against a lion. The crocodile is simply too large and powerful for the lion to defeat.
What are some predators of Crocodiles? Predators of Crocodiles include humans, large felines, and birds of prey.
In a fight, the elephant would handily win. However, the two creatures tend to live near one another in relative peace in the real world. The hippos make room for elephants to avoid conflict because they know that elephants are simply too strong to fight.
Much like every other animal in this list, the hippo would not fare well. The size, strength and the weapons elephants have at their disposal is too overwhelming. While a hippos has 1.5 foot long tusk, the elephant has two massive 6 foot sword protruding out of its mouth.
Although their bulk and toothy armoury usually ensure that they do not become victims of nocturnal hunters, even hippos fall prey to lions on occasion.
Young crocodiles are often eaten by goannas, birds, fish, other crocodiles, and feral pigs. Mature crocodiles will compete for territory and often fight to the death.
Animals with no natural predators are called apex predators, because they sit at the top (or apex) of the food chain. The list is indefinite, but it includes lions, grizzly bears, crocodiles, giant constrictor snakes, wolves, sharks, electric eels, giant jellyfish, killer whales, polar bears, and arguably, humans.
Hippos are the only animals that make crocodiles afraid of crocodiles. It is common for animals to fight over territory, food and water, mainly when they are two imposing and aggressive species, as with crocodiles and hippos.
Except for some carnivorous dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex is also afraid to provoke some herbivorous dinosaurs, and Ankylosaurus is one of them. It was equipped with a powerful tail club that could be swung with enough force to shatter bone.
Aside from humans, what modern land animal(s) would be capable of killing a T-rex? The animal with by far the best shot of killing T-Rex in a straight up fight would be a bull African Elephant.
03Habits: Hippos Cannot Breathe Water. 04Weakness: Hippos are Terrible Swimmers. 05Speed: Hippos Can Reach Speeds of Almost 20 Miles per Hour.