Why are hippos so dangerously aggressive?
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All animals large enough to not give a fuck about predators are aggressively territorial, because they can be. What makes hippos so different compared to e.g. rhinos or even a big bull moose, is that it’s almost impossible for a human to accidentally get in the personal space of the latter, while it’s super easy with a hippo, because of how concealed they are. That’s why in Africa, hippos kill like 5x the people compared to all other wild animals combined.
EDIT, from my other comment, but should go here too: sorta analogous to how various Adders aren’t aggressive, but result in a lot more snake bites than other species, because people step on them a lot due to how they live. Same with hippos, people get close to them, or even bump them(in boats) waaay more often than they do with other large animals.
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