“Nile hippos, in particular, are from Africa, and they live in the Nile river and in fresh bodies of water. ... Taylor says it helps them see peripherally to look for predators.

They have even been found in rivers like the Amazon. Like Nile crocodiles, they’re an aggressive species that’s more likely to bite a human than any other type of shark. These guys also have a strong ...

But pygmy hippos’ smaller size makes them more likely to flee predators than attack, unlike their larger cousins, and the species is more solitary than the Nile hippo, which tends to congregate ...

Hippos have no known predators in Colombia, allowing them to flourish, upsetting the ecosystem. CORNARE/AFP via Getty Images. Sterilization takes time, because spotting and capturing the ...

That might sound like a lot, but adult Nile hippos weigh between 3,000 up to almost 10,000 pounds! Pygmy Hippos come from the West African rainforests while Nile Hippos are found in, ...