Hippos and crocodiles aren't generally animals that would play well with one another. But that doesn't stop this young hippopotamus from trying to make a new friend it can play with. From the beginning, it's clear this is only a one-sided friendship as the croc tries everything it can to escape ...

Despite having long been dead, Pablo Escobar continues to cause trouble in Colombia. During his reign as the most powerful drug lord in the world, Escobar smuggled in animals for his private zoo. Among those animals were four hippos. Native to only Africa, the hippopotamus has no natural ...

Hippos are a lot of things — massive, vicious, surprisingly great swimmers — but they aren't graceful. This hippo climbing down a 15-foot cliff more than proves that, if anyone was wondering. Despite the challenge, he knows it's the shortest path to where he needs to go, so he takes it belly ...

Hippos may be known for being aggressive, but these two wanted nothing more than to help a stuck duckling find its way back to its mom. After noticing a baby duck was trying unsuccessfully to get out of the water, two hippos swam up to offer some help. Despite being unsure about their motives, ...

Apparently, this young hippo doesn't understand what it means to get the cold shoulder. After spotting a nearby crocodile at a watering hole, a playful young hippo saw an opportunity to make friends with a new buddy. It turns out the crocodile wasn't interested in making friends or having ...

Whatever made this crocodile think it was a good idea to go into this pool of hippos, it definitely won't be making that mistake again! This croc found out the hard way that hippos are vicious, especially when you're surrounded by a few dozen of them. It looked like the end for the misinformed ...

It's massive gray beast versus massive gray beast and it looks like there wasn't room enough for this rhino and these hippos at a watering hole. The rhinos first attempt at running a hippo off seems to go pretty well. But a few moments later, a second hippo charges with its mouth open wide and ...

It'd be easy to take one look at a hippopotamus and assume it couldn't get in much of a hurry even if it wanted to. Let's just hope you've never put that assumption to the test because it's dead wrong. Look no further than this incredible highspeed charge as a hippo erupts out of the water like ...

We're not sure if this lioness has had luck with bringing down hippos in the past, but this ambush (sniff fest) ends in spectacular failure. Looking for what she probably thought was an easy meal in Massai Mara, the lioness sniffs around a sleeping hippopotamus. Unfortunately for the lioness, ...

This hippo sure knows how to make a bad situation worse. After escaping an attack from some lions After escaping an attack from some lions, an impala must've thought the coast was clear. Unfortunately for the impala, it escaped by running into thick, muddy water and became trapped. A nearby ...

There are plenty of animals in the world, many which are capable of killing a person. Out of all the known animals, which ones are responsible for the most human deaths per year? The animals on this list are cumulatively responsible for tens of thousands of deaths per year. It's best to avoid them ...

The last thing you want to do while diving in a river is to run face first into a hippo. "Although hippos may look cute and friendly, they are definitely one animal you do not want to cross. Easily frightened and extremely aggressive, hippos will not hesitate to attack a human, especially if one ...

This female hippo was flipped several feet into the air as she stood her ground against an aggressive elephant bull at the Erindi Private Game Reserve in Namibia. The elephant was grazing alongside a group of hippos, but took exception when the mother hippo ventured slightly too close. Amazingly, ...

There may be no such thing as a pink panther, but no one ever said anything about pink hippos. Image: National Geographic This recent unusual sighting was spotted by a French couple at the Masai Mara National Reserve located in Kenya. The coloration of the incredibly rare pink hippopotamus is ...