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You cannot really farm ("ranch"?) hippos because they are not suitable for domestication. You cannot keep them in herds (they fight each other) and you cannot
by LatteLazy 3y ago
You cannot really farm ("ranch"?) hippos because they are not suitable for domestication. You cannot keep them in herds (they fight each other) and you cannot safely handle them (they fight you). It's actually only a very small number of animals that are domesticable. That's why of the 1000s of species we mostly eat pigs, cows, sheep/goats, horses, and a few birds.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoYep. As mentioned in the other links ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35945777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35945777 17 days ago ) This did not "almost" happen, it was not going to happen since Hippos are "the world's deadliest large land mammal" ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35946285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35946285 )