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Hippopotamuses can be irritable and aggressive when it comes to defending their territory and their young. ----. They have trampled or gored people who came too near, dragged them into lakes, tipped over their boats, and bitten off their heads.
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Hippos are led by dominant males, which can weigh 6,000 pounds or more |
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Agricultural irrigation systems and other developments have depleted the hippos' wetland, river and lake habitats |
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Although hippos occasionally fight with crocodiles, a growing number of their attacks are on humans |
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A decade ago there were about 160,000 hippos in Africa, but the population has dwindled to between 125,000 and 148,000 today |
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In countries beset by civil unrest, where people are hungry and desperate, hippos are hunted for their meat |