Speaking of dangerous animals in African rivers, most people invariably think of crocodiles, that is, Nile crocodiles in Africa. Crocodiles are indeed natural enemies of many animals. Although crocodiles live in water, animals on land will inevitably drink water. If you don't pay attention at this time, you will be attacked by crocodiles. In Africa, there is another extremely dangerous animal. It's a hippo. Although hippos are vegetarian, they are also fierce. Many people died at the hands of hippos. After all, hippos also attach great importance to territorial consciousness. So, I don't think crocodiles can beat hippos in general.
The strongest thing about crocodiles is their biting force and death tumbling, that is, when they bite their prey, they will keep tumbling in the water, making it lose strength, but this trick is ineffective for giant hippos. After all, hippopotamus's skin is extremely thick and tough, and crocodile's teeth will basically not cause much harm to hippopotamus, including hippopotamus's good at water, and it will never lose its resistance. Moreover, hippopotamus's teeth and biting power are only strong or weak compared with crocodiles.
So crocodiles generally dare not provoke hippos. After all, hippos are vegetarian, but their fighting power is not vegetarian. Of course, crocodiles sometimes choose some young hippos as targets. After all, adults can't beat them, so hippos are also very wary of crocodiles.