Yeah, hippos are pretty interesting because they're definitely not obligate omnivores but do eat some meat.
Deer will MONCH on some bird nests full of eggs and babies. Also on adult birds if they are injured or caught on something.
Fucking deer. Get out of my roses.
Semi-related:
Don't make me hangry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry. Nobody likes a hangry hangry Hippie.
If reincarnation is real and I have a choice, I will be chomping on tourists my next life.
Hippos don’t give a fuck about your weirdass “hippo psychology”, Reb, and are just as quick to kill you as anything else that they’d choose to kill.
And I think that’s a beautiful thing.
They're more of a "get off my lawn, and I'm serious" kind of aggressive than an "I'm hungry" kind of aggressive.
This reminds me of the old adage when it comes to bears, "If it's brown, lie down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, goodnight."
People often expect grizzlies to be the scariest, but they tend to be mostly territorial so playing dead is the best option. Black bears will see people as opportunistic prey if they're hungry enough (most predators don't want to get in a fight with their prey). Polar bears are always looking for food so I'm guessing that they're hangry all the time.
