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The only real problem with hippos is that they have problems navigating stairs so hippo pet owners should only live in ground floor homes. They don't like to sit up and beg either.
They are so popular in Africa, that many black women emulate their shape by eating copious amounts so that they look like hippos.
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They are fiercely territorial. A croc is both a threat to their young and a territorial competitor. A wildebeest is neither. It makes sense (genetically) to aid the wildebeest, deny the croc its food, and therefore reduce the risk to territory and offspring. What you are seeing is not benevolence, but instinct.