inspired by http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337504
who would win, a hippo vs rhino? Hippos are known as one of nature’s nastiest and most vicious creatures, routinely killing crocs, and other beasts w/ it’s bad temper, massive girth and crazy looking teeth. To add injury to insult, they are also very jerky, in that they have been known to shit a mile a minute and use their tails as ‘propellers’ to just spray things/animals etcs for the fun of it. they can run as fast as a horse, and are good inwater.
Rhinos have a huge honkin horn and run faster than horses and can knock trees down w/ their girth and horn. Plus, I would be more afraid of a thug named Rhino rather than Hippo, if someone so chose to take that name.
here’s my take: vicious fight, Hippo wins bcuz of water advantage and large bites in side of rhino, while getting stabbed a time or two w/ the rhino horn. Hippo then spray poops it’s fallen foe to talk trash animal-style.
your take?