Animal Fact: did you know that hippos don’t have a true fight or flight response? Scientifically, they rely more on a “I wish you would” type of vibe. - ThreadSky

greenevillezoo.bsky.social • 28 days ago

Animal Fact: did you know that hippos don’t have a true fight or flight response? Scientifically, they rely more on a “I wish you would” type of vibe.

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swatsdad59.bsky.social•28 days ago

The correct vernacular is, I believe, “I wish a motherf*cker would.”

tallswiftness.bsky.social•28 days ago

Or I wish you wouldn't

wcpetree.bsky.social•28 days ago

2nd Deadliest Creature in Africa (1st being a Female Mosquito)

epee.cc•28 days ago

Hippos don't have a fight-or-flight "response" because "berserker murderous rage" is their baseline state.

terryleigh.bsky.social•26 days ago

True, that…

willow3939.bsky.social•28 days ago

Yes. Same vibe as rinos.

gregwtravels.bsky.social•28 days ago

I don't understand hippo, but I imagine them saying, "have a go if you think you're tough enough."

https://bsky.app/profile/gregwtravels.bsky.social/post/3lk6u3h7huk2r

cissybgood67.bsky.social•28 days ago

Oh, absolutely! lol

leighgoodwin.bsky.social•28 days ago

I have more in common with hippopotami than I'm entirely comfortable with.

sardoniccomment.bsky.social•28 days ago

I read the original post and thought “is it because of childhood trauma?”

leighgoodwin.bsky.social•28 days ago

For me, it's a combo: I'm too crippled to flee or fight, & too bitchy to cower or hide.

But my cane is a stick to hit someone with, should they piss me off badly enough.

And I will not stand for being bullied or watching others be bullied or harmed.

sardoniccomment.bsky.social•27 days ago

I have delayed emotional response. “When this crisis is over, I’ll be throwing up. While weeping. Right now we need to…”. Apparently this isn’t healthy. Useful, but not healthy.

leighgoodwin.bsky.social•27 days ago

Hm. I do the same thing.

Not sure why that's unhealthy. Seems to me to be a useful survival technique.

andyswarbs.bsky.social•28 days ago

When do they need the flight response exactly?

badguitarist.bsky.social•28 days ago

It’s true, I can’t even imagine a hippo flying.

malcolmspellman.bsky.social•28 days ago

Uh , actually this is not true. My first encounter with a hippos fight or flight was in Africa. I tracked down a wounded hippo at a large watering hole. As I went to work disinfecting its leg, the bull hippo instigated some smoke w me. Within four seconds of using my methods, it ran off, scared.

trueblueforu.bsky.social•27 days ago

...after biting a kayak in half.... says hippy ,
Hey , THEY DO NOT TASTE LIKE CHICKEN!

shivax.bsky.social•28 days ago

Hippos will destroy anything that annoys them.

All forms of life and all situations annoy them.

bbeach.bsky.social•27 days ago

I might be wrong about hearing that hippos cause more human fatalities and injuries than any other large animal - but I don't think I am.

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