Dangerous African Mammals

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The male hippopotamus can weigh up to 7,000 pounds, the weight of three or more automobiles, and can run as fast as eighteen miles per hour. Hippos have enormous teeth, including tough, sharp tusks. Hippos can bite a man in half. They have quick tempers and will often target humans. They will even tip over boats and attack the passengers. Hippos kill a large number of humans in Africa every year.

The African buffalo is very dangerous. The oldest and strongest males can weigh 2,000 pounds and run as fast as thirty-five miles an hour. They have long, sharp horns and will gather in herds of more than 2,000 animals. They are extremely 1.1 and can outrun lions if they get a head start. The African buffalo will 1.2 and kill a human, whether the animal has been 1.3 or not. They will 1.4 a hunter by exploding out of a hidden area. Then they charge directly at the hunter. These buffalo will also 1.5 lions, as well as their cubs.

Elephants are also very dangerous to humans. A male African elephant can weigh 11,000 pounds. That is the weight of more than five cars. Elephants will also kill other large animals, such as lions and rhinoceros. They charge their enemies and use their long tusks as weapons. African elephants kill as many as five hundred people a year. Choosing the most dangerous African animal would be hard, but you wouldn’t want to be in the way of any of these large, powerful mammals.

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Dangerous African Mammals

The male hippopotamus can weigh up to 7,000 pounds, the weight of three or more automobiles, and can run as fast as eighteen miles per hour. Hippos have enormous teeth, including tough, sharp tusks. Hippos can bite a man in half. They have quick tempers and will often target humans. They will even tip over boats and attack the passengers. Hippos kill a large number of humans in Africa every year.

The African buffalo is very dangerous. The oldest and strongest males can weigh 2,000 pounds and run as fast as thirty-five miles an hour. They have long, sharp horns and will gather in herds of more than 2,000 animals. They are extremely aggressive and can outrun lions if they get a head start. The African buffalo will stalk and kill a human, whether the animal has been provoked or not. They will ambush a hunter by exploding out of a hidden area. Then they charge directly at the hunter. These buffalo will also mob lions, as well as their cubs.

Elephants are also very dangerous to humans. A male African elephant can weigh 11,000 pounds. That is the weight of more than five cars. Elephants will also kill other large animals, such as lions and rhinoceros. They charge their enemies and use their long tusks as weapons. African elephants kill as many as five hundred people a year. Choosing the most dangerous African animal would be hard, but you wouldn’t want to be in the way of any of these large, powerful mammals.

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