Young Hippo Tries to Play With Crocodile | National Geographic
Video captured a playful young hippo relentlessly pursuing a crocodile around a watering hole in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.
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The crocodile made several attempts at escape but the curious mammal continued to give chase. Crocodiles often prey on hippo calves but the reptile did not show any signs of predation nor did it fight back. The reluctant playmate eventually made its way to a herd of elephants that scared away the young hippo.
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Imagine being a feared and respected adult and then a child bullies you.
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Basically what babies do to their parents.
Literally every anime ever 🤣
Hippos actually are not like children they are more dangerous than crocodile
@@jayasmrmore3687 They're dangerous children. lol
Hippo: let's play Croc:leave me alone Elephant: let's play Hippo: now I know what the croc felt like
Yes yes
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HAHAHA
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Croc: I am death! Fear me! Hippo: Aww, you so cute! I'm gonna call you Mr Tickles!
Pickles*
Elephant: NO MY MR TICKLE
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Ur dogs name..
LOL
It just goes to show you: No matter how tough you may be, there is always someone tougher than you.
Unless you are an Elephant.
@@dresheraton9276 true
@@dresheraton9276 humans kill elephants all the time.
@@dresheraton9276 elephants are scared of mouses lol
@@biggs1485 that's a myth
Plot twist the elephant also wanted to play
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Nice twist!👌
Lol
if you think being trampled is fun
Hippo: Leave me alone!!
Hippo: "Run you little reptilian!" Elephant: "Run you little riverpig!"
Ice age: run your hairy elephant
Paraceratherium: Run you big eared freak!
@@sveoo6448 Paleoloxodon: run you long necked rhino
@@justthinking650 Your mom: Amateurs That was a joke I had to make I’m sorry
@@sveoo6448 your grandma : You are still but a child ...
The crocodile is afraid for its life and NatGeo is just like *"oh how cute, they're playing"*
Lizards are cold blooded reptiles you goof. It runs on instinct and does not have the same emotions as mammals.
@Luke O'Leilei Whys that funny? Hippos are top of the food chain in most of these environments. I even remember reading about how in some African region more little kids were killed by hippos than malaria or disease.
@@baller84milw it's based on size. A hippo can kill anything it can fit its jaw around. and an elephant can kill anything it can lift with its trunk or crush with 1 foot stomp. Lions can't hunt larger game without risking their own lives or ganging up on a single target.
gators can't do anything to something they can't drag underwater.
Right, they should've intervened lol
This brought such a big smile to my face. The people giggling, the hippo chasing the croc, and the croc being so nonchalant. Anyone else?
just remember hippos kill the most people pretty much in the world
Crocodile was annoyed cos the moment it bites the baby hippo, mama is gonna sign-off on its life insurance
Imagine being so boss you can "play" with a crocodile!
@Heh Ndje lol right
Why are you describing Australians?
Im playing in the congress
Hippos can literally throw alligators/crocodiles around
Hippos cause more deaths in Africa than any other animal. It's not even close
You know you’re a boss when your kid f’s around with crocodiles during play time.
Well they sure got scared by the elephants
Maybe true until the elephants show up... Guess it’s true what they say: SizeDoesMatter
@@jet9927 ggf
Crocs are scared of hippos and hippos scared of elephants
@@ghost3337 and Elephants are afraid of Crocs it's like a fear cycle.
Elephants are like that big, quiet, gentle kid in class who doesn't bother anyone but if things go chaotic they get up and REGULATE
Hippo: "Lets play! Croc: "No thanks, im tired". Hippo: "I wasnt asking"
Elephant: "No means NO! >:("
The elephants basically smacked a child ngl
This is literally wildlife’s version of a dog annoying a cat
What about a painted dog jumping on a sleeping lion?
Other way around
@@carlossosa1359 not other way around
Lol yeah, I never knew Hippos would be playful animals
Yeah, thought the same)
Hippo: Lets play! Croco: Am I a joke to you?
Same comment in every single YT video.
Elephant: play with me 😈
😂
I'm glad to see crocie running away from hippo
@@alphabogeyman7462 crocodiles got nothing on hippos.
When you think you're the biggest badass around the watering hole, then an even bigger badass comes along.
Then an even bigger, bigger badass shows up and chases you and your momma off.
@NA and @A B to both of you 😂😂😂😂😂
Love how the Elephants are coming to defend the bullied crocodile 😂, they’re like “LEAVE HIM ALONE, BOTHER SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE”
They were protecting that baby elephant seen near the end.
@@davidc9256 Most likely. Funny thing is though, elephants have been know to protect other animals occasionally, even from their own kind. There was a story of young elephants bullying and even killing some young rhinos in a nature preserve. Some older elephants came in, saw what was going on, and put a quick stop to it.
@@kziila0244 Elephants are wise. They are humans in animal form.
@@icyboy771z humans are not wise. They are scumbags.
@@SHAIK_FHAREEDH you are a human, too.
I love how the Elephants were like "enough of this nonsense!
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Humans: awww look at them! So cute Crocodile: for the love of all that is holy, please HELP ME
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😂 😂
Bahahahahahaha :-)
I died ☠️☠️
Never in my life did I ever think I would see an alligator looking nervous, being a victim and having to call the big boy gang to handle the “small stuff” 😂😂😂
Alligator in Africa we dnt have gators here we only have crocodiles.. Thank you
Hilarious. "Look, Ma! I caught me a pet lizard! He's feisty, can I keep him?"
Elephant: stop bullying that poor lizard!
Alligator: *crosses elephants off its list of food.
@@darksythe2226 they never were on that list. Every animal has a certain amount of fear and respect for Elephants. Because they either stomp you or choke you with their trunk.
@@DefinitelyNotEmma Nonsense I've seen croc's eat elephants & attack them
@@billybob-ro6qf yeah baby elephants.
@@KZheadCommenter1st I saw a video of a large croc attach itself to the trunk of an adult elephant. The elephant was in alot of pain & kept trying to knock the croc off it's trunk, but the crock was locked on tight. Poor elephant had to stomp the croc to death to free itself. Elephant most likely will never be the same after all that trunk damage.
When a full grown African crocodile is the LEAST dangerous animal in the scene..
Couldn't get any twisted than that! Oh wait....
It’s not full grown
@@TacticaLLR it is
@@Drinkanddivee Yes and no. It is an adult but crocodiles grow forever until they die of injury or disease.
@@Drinkanddivee lol
*Crocodile:* 'I am Crocodor, Terror of the Deep! Fear me, denizens of the savannah! *Hippo:* 'Aww, wook, how cute, his skin is so bumpy.' *Crocodile:* Ow! Quit it.'
Lol at the Elephant breaking it up and chasing away the hippo.
“I did not survive for millions of years to have my tail played..”
It’s not that they survived it’s that they didn’t evolve lmao.
@@jaredschmidt8013 they didn't need to lol
@@jaredschmidt8013 changes of the ecosystem wasn't drastic for them. Same Principle, Different World really.
@einwanderungsbehörde Nowhere in the Bible or any biblical text does it state that the world was created just ten thousand years ago
@einwanderungsbehörde you yourself are misinformed
Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends
SKIFFLE I bet the crocodile is thinking out of every animal the hippos ate the most annoying creature I've ever seen.
Coz the crocodile wants to be more than a friend 😏
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SKIFFLE lol
Jason X let her be......ur no funnnn
Plot twist: Adult elephant chase away that calf because his son wants to play with that "toy" now.
Thanks for this additional information 😊
@@MayankKumar-pq1dx nope
"Alright play time is over. WE are here. SCRAM!" - Elephant
Literally the only animal to scare away a hippo can be an elephant
Travis Walsh any animal can scare a hippo. It's just about them getting spooked. A mouse can chase elephants away seen it before Nothing to do with size it's just about the spook affect. Animals don't have understanding like humans so they can get scared of something they don't understand
Or a group of humans with spears.
Udoy Bose no they have not smh..
And my ex girlfriend
James Scharback Yes they have, hippos are very aggressive.
Elephant: "Yo, get outa here, Ed said he didn't want to play! NO means NO!"
so sorry...Banzai & Shenzi are dating today
What? Huh?
"The hippo is showing no signs of agression" huh, so it appears they've learned to hide it
Sometimes you just need a good face scratch.
😂😂
My spirit animal is the crocodile
elephant
😂😂😂
Elephants always restore the peace when there’s nonsense going on in the wild. 😂
Seems like it
We need more elephant in the world
Dude I just saw elephant brutally killing buffalo for no reason
@@msy7023 nah they had beef for sure!! Something happened between them that we didn’t see. 😂
@@msy7023 it was an elephant in musth
"If you don't leave me alone, you'll hear from my lawyer. He is a great litigator."
Get out!
@@si-bang-sat 😄
G, f n kglgk uflig linfgijyld
!!I heard like most lawyers, he's a real reptile!!....ehh, get it! ...... crickets...... No?... O.K. I'll show myself out now.
@@gorillaump5869 Well, if it is between a lawyer and a litigator then I think we'll need to bring in a deligator! 😄
Elephants rock dude. They're like "Goddammit, cant you see he wants to be left alone?"
Can you imagine how much we’d all miss if no National Geographic?
Hippo: Hey, long boi Crocodile: Go away, thicc boi
Honestly underrated comment😆😆😆!
Haha, lol
There came a tusk boy
Angery bois
Crocodile took his nugs
Baby Hippo "Mom can I keep it?" Mom Hippo "stop touching it, you'll get sick!"
Croc be like : you say that you are fine but you're not really fine....
@@yujirohanma765 😂
@@yujirohanma765 hahahaha good one boss! hahaha
When some kids parents don't care about their children bothering others and pretend nothing is happning.
Lol
Croc at that point in time: this is so embarrassing. 😆
Crocodile: Leave me alone! Hippo: *LETS PLAAAAY*
Elephants (in satanic voice) : * -LETS PLAY- *
Let’s do zoomies........or swoomies 😂
I’ll play with you 🤤🤤🤤
*Let's PlAy EeeEeeee*
*rEaDy? gO! OnE! tWo! ThReE! fOuR! wOw! LeTs PlAy! lEtS pLaY aGaIn! SoMeTiMe SoOn!*
Hippo found a cute little lizard to play with.
Erik Andersson true, but that is a meat eater lizard...
Tom Liu Yeah but the hippo could crush the crocodile in two if he wanted
+Elfman Strauss but crocodiles eat hippos lol so
Elfman Strauss An adult could. Idk about the young.
Jim Blanton ya know that hippos have no enemies?
Elephants: "don't agitate the toothy thing, you crazy cat!"
But hippos aren't cats, and the hippos are more dangerous anyways.
Gator Loki 🐊: "Yes! That's how it feels!!"
and whenever I want to play with a crocodile I get sent to the hospital smh
Pyrocyncal AT LEAST u r not 6 feet underground.
6 ft Underground? More like chunks of crocodile waste at the bottom of a lake.
Pyrocyncal lol'd!
Pyrocyncal Whenever i play with a crocodile i end up losing something...I got one arm left....
TropiCool i even got one arm left and one arm right
It's interesting how the elephants are the ones that help the crocodile out they are such beautiful creatures
Pretty sure they were more interested in the watering hole
@@Ironhold_Watch if they leave them alone, it has no effect on the watering hole. They just felt empathy. Elephants are extremely empathetic
Elephants are extremely smart and feel emotion. An elephant funeral looks like a human funeral.
The elephants just want the bigger threat away from their water hole and young elephants.
@@bern9642 I came here from a video of an elephant trampling a baby rhino.
The music is playful and all but personally I'm more terrified of hippos than I am crocodiles
One of the very few animals that can play with a croc and live to tell about it.
Lion: I am king of the jungle Elephant: yeah yeah whatever buddy, wrap it up… watering hole closes at 6
Bruh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 one of the funniest comments I’ve ever seen
Humans: aww look the Elephants are playing :3
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Croc: "I'm the meanest in these parts." Hippo: Hold my beer. Croc: Okay, leave me alone. Hippo: I'm the meanest in these parts. Elephant: Hold. My. Beer.
A wild Charizard appears
@@manikn4585 lol
Elephant: I'm the meanest in these parts Poachers: Hold my beer.
Lmao 😂😂 best hold my beervcomment I've seen.
A poacher; "hold my beer"
"I like them big, I like them chunky" -The hippo probably
Elephants come in and go, “Will you get out of here you’re gonna get him hissed off and then we won’t be able to get a drink!”
Maybe it’s just me, but Wild crocodiles just never struck me as the horseplay type
a hippo can bite a croc in half and i'm sure they know it so they just have to put up with it lol
When you weight 5 times as much and can crush an alligator in your mouth I’m sure they’d look cute to you too
@@NGRevenant biggest fangirl comment I’ve ever seen in my life
@@TheInterestingInformer what weighs 5 times more than a crocodile? Don’t know what you’re going on about
Throw a horse in their river they will play plenty 😏
the more Elephant videos i watch, the more i think that Elephants are Guardians
They are pretty intelligent creatures.
They are the real kings!
Catch them in Musth and they are in fact the exact opposite of guardians
They protect people they like too
The last elephant video i saaw was about a phant destroying 70+ vehichles in india. He also gave a ride to greta thunberg
"You've gotta let kids make their own mistakes." -- Hippo's parents, probably.
Hahahahahahahaha
Elephant, Hippo and Crocodile in one frame, welcome to Africa. ❤️
the elephants are the real bosses here
You think a elephant win a fight with a hipo?? I don't think so
@@linkinminor10 no land animal can beat a elephant. They kill hippos and rhinos when in must
The hipo has a big strong mouth, the elephant has what?? It's not just because is bigger can beat him.
@@linkinminor10 Elephants are the strongest land herbivore, no other land animal can match with him.
@bill gates exactly
"There is always a bigger one" ~Qui-gon Jinn
Always a bigger fish*
You've heard of Qui-gon Jinn, now get ready for...
@@elmazielmazi6203 They have humans preying on them too
Ay Tlot Pwist!? That's what she said... feel me?
@@shaun5809 lol
Reminds me of James's pokemon every time they come out of their pokeball 😆
That instigator requires an investigator, and possibly a litigator, or a delegator, but definitely two elephants in an elevator.
"It appears this predator wants to be left alone" Elephant: I got you, homie.
even the croc knows not to fuck with hippos scariest animal around
john adams croc get killed if they do anything to baby hippos so they just dont do anything
That Croc was sitting his pants xD
john adams tell that to Gustave
john adams well hippos are scared of elephants
until the trunks arrive lol
Crocodiles Evolves Millions of Years Hippos: Defeats Crocodiles with Thiccness Alone....
Hahahahhahhahhahhahhahha. my goodness . Crocodile, Hippopotamus and Elephant excellent ability apply So cool.
now i know the role of an elephant in the jungle, they are a 'peace keeper', like the jungle police 😂
I thinks that would be the donkeys.
Hippo: hey let's go do that thing Croc: nah I'm gonna jus chill today Elephant: guys! Guys! Get outta here the humans are filming we have a reputation to uphold!
😆
this actually makes the most sense. this is the most chill watering hole I have seen (though on youtube)
Now all I can picture is the "help me" scene with Thor and Loki in 'Ragnarok' :D
When you did all sidequests before fighting the Boss and then - out of nowhere - he gets a final form.
Everyone's gangsta until those elephants appear.
Croc = Squidward Hippo = SpongeBob
Haha! Epically true
Hahahaha
Elephant = Mr Krabs
no, hippo is patrick 😂
Hahahahahaha
Oh c'mon crocky..play with him!
syarifah sadiyah what kinda name abbreviation is that?
Yeah crocky play with hippie !
syarifah sadiyah thats what my girl tell me😈😂
syarifah sadiyah Loool
ادلا
Croc : I m king of water Young hippo : that's cute wanna cry
Elephant - I the part where that's my problem?
What a cute toy that young hippo playing with
🐊- iam the biggest bully of the jungle 🦛- naa I don’t think so 🐘- let me introduce my self.
Hahaha
C=====3 - Here is the real king of the jungle! My anaconda!
@@djodysseus7851 *cringe*
@@djodysseus7851 "Tell me you have a shrinkydink without telling me you have a shrinkydink." Lol
Elephant Police: HALT! Sir, you are going to have to step away from the poor crocodile.
We need to see more of this behavior amongst the wildlife!..
Hippos are so gangster they can just goof around playing pranks on 10 ft. Crocodiles and the crocs have to just take it lol.
Cute little elephant.
Salman Sakib Albert thats creepy way to bring people in channel where you have no vedios so no thanks
Salman Sakib Albert no its your profile pic that distracted me from 2 of ypur trash vedios.sorry
Salman Sakib Albert you stole someone else vedio
Elephants are like Secret Service Agents in the Wild. I always see them protecting other animals from bullies.
Lmao it's because they enjoy picking a fight with other animals, not because they want to protect the bully's victim😆
@@curlyefrain9879 they’re much smarter than you think
@@Rmedia360 And I tell you they are less concerned with "justice" than you think.They could care less about the well-being of other animals, that scene just to have fun bullying a weaker animal😆
It’s all good until a mouse comes thru 👌🏾😂
Elephants are nature's Guardian Angels! Lol they dont tolerate bullying! 🤣
I love how the croc just has to go along with it because it knows it can be stomped out.
Everyone thinks crocodile is the big bad killer until they see a young hippo messing with one and see that the crocodile couldn't do anything to it and just when they think hippos are insane elephants show up and make the hippos run for their lives
People always seem to underestimate the herbivores. They're probably more dangerous to us then then predators, because predators are doing it for food. Edit: For those who keep telling me that hippos are omnivores, I was not aware that they eat meat on extremely rare occasions.
And a honey badger would have taken them all out
Linda Terrell you sound stupid lmao croc would kill a hb in one bite
AsianTryHard First, I was being sarcastic. Second, Why do you find it necessary to diss someone right out of the gate? It makes you sound stupid.
CaptainChameleon WTF Hippoes are the most dangerous! elephants are 4th
You know you're a badass when a deadly predator with the world's strongest bite force is a source of mild amusement to you, a mere distraction from boredom.
strong bite down, weak jaw for everything else. what isnt cute when its entire combat plan is beaten by a crab holding its mouth shut
To be fair, hippos are one of the most dangerous animals in africa.. second only to elephants as the animal that kills most humans
According to your statement any 4 year old celebrating his birthday at the zoo is a badass...
I guess, then, Humans are badass.
@@pruray Not without tools we aren't.
That croc is like “please leave me be!!!!”
Hippo: nice lizard... Crocodile: Am I a joke to you...
Nope, but thx for the comment anyways...
Crocodile: I am the most feared and dangerous animal in the water! Hippo: Yeah, about that...
“Well, animals are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they’ve had a hard life, or have been mistreated. But, like people, some of them are just jerks!… Stop that Mr. Simpson!”
This literally came to my for me just at the end...
Hippo tells the crocodile, you got too many sharp; teeth. Crocodile responds, I need them for the wild. 🥇
Andre: “meeegan, your jacket!” Meegan: “Nnnnnno!”
@Hasnain Ali wrong sense of humor, buddy. All good though.
“STOP IT KARL IM SUPPOSED TO SCARE YOU, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND YOU’RE EMBARRASSING ME”
C'mon Stu! Let's play!
Alaniʕ •ᴥ• ʔ wth
since when did the crocodile scare hippos?
Don't mess with the elephants. They're the boss
As long as they don't have tusk.
„I‘m supposed to be a killer, don‘t do me like that bro“
Hippo responds. "Too bad you believed your own hype"
Lol the elephants chasing the hippo and kid away is just gold
Hippo: Why can't we be friends? Croc: Because I'm not suppose to fuck with your kind. every croc knows that. Hippo: C'mon Carl. I'm not like those other hippos. Croc: JUST LEAVE ME ALONE HENRY!!! Elephant: Henry, leave Carl ALONE b4 I whoop yo bitch ass with my trunk. Hippo: Ok Eli, I'll go. geez.
MoneyShot That elephant didn't sound like an eli
Hippo: "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey Croc, lets play tag!" Croc: "Someone please help me." Elephants: *Yo, some hippo messing with Croc? Let's chase these pudgy bastards outta here.*
Tycho Azrephet pudgy bastard😂
😂😂
Nice video
Just saying..l
Called in his best friend for life lol
When you've been living overseas, and attend the annual family gathering, and your cousin's kid took a liking to you and just follows you around, but all you wanted to do is to enjoy your roast in peace and quiet haha
Is that a Young Hippo? Tell me more about the Older ones, You gotta be kidding me😨
MrStealYoMomma For Breakfast, Hugh Mungus what?
MrStealYoMomma For Breakfast don’t forget rhinos rhinos are bigger than hippos not when it comes to size of mouth though
Is that a Young Hippo? Tell me
Hippos are actually one of the most deadly animals on the planet. They kill more people annually than sharks.
they are the same size
Hippo: hello lizard let me play with u Croc: nooooo I don’t like
The_Dolphin more like a modern dinosaur 😂
I can't classify crocs as "modern animals" too
It seems everyone is playing Mud Holi and chasing each other 🤣🤣😘, they look so happy...
That's why elephants are the kings of the land.