• ivanafterall@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My money is on hippo every day of the week. You’d have to find a freak specimen of a rhino to compete with even an average hippo.

    Rhino weight range: 1,320 - 2,090 pounds

    Hippo weight range: 2,900 - 4,000 pounds

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      1 year ago

      Maybe I’m missing something, but I’m seeing in my googling that MOST rhino species are more massive than hippos.

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      It varies depending on rhino species but rhinos are generally larger.

      Largest land mammals are elephant > rhino > hippo.

      White rhinos are often over 3,500kg.

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      1 year ago

      Huh. I guess I thought rhinos were bigger. Well I bet one could take on a pygmy hippo!

      weigh 180–275 kg (397–606 lb)