# Are hippos big killers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hippos-big-killers/114510>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hippos-big-killers/114510 "2002-06-17T13:01:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hippos-big-killers/114510/1 "2002-06-17T13:01:44Z")

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Yes, they have even been known to eat threads here on the board.

I’m finding a lot of references on the net saying 'Hippos kill more people than any other wild animal", that doesn’t make it true, of course, but they are terribly powerful animals…

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hippos-big-killers/114510/2 "2002-06-17T13:21:10Z")

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duplicate thread; the one where the OP was sucessful in posting is here:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=120901](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=120901)