There are a little over 100,000 hippos in the world and almost 100 million cattle in the USA, so on a per capita basis it's not even close! My grandfather rais

There are a little over 100,000 hippos in the world and almost 100 million cattle in the USA, so on a per capita basis it's not even close! My grandfather raised cattle in Texas and we had to be aware at times, but the level of caution was nowhere near the extent needed when my brother and friends went fishing for giwan ruwa ("river elephant" aka Nile perch) in a remote part of Nigeria, because hippos were nearby! And when my friends took a 3-day canoe trip down the Zambezi River, the guides were vigilant about hippos more than anything else, because they are very aggressive when they feel threatened and they can bite a crocodile in half. Cattle are domesticated animals, but hippos are wild!