Hippo Vs hyena clan - hippo defends calf's corpse 

Seeing some of these comments, I've got this to say for future viewers. Do NOT mistake a mother's instinct for a mother's love. A hippo is one of the most ferocious beasts on the planet. They are solid, dense muscle, and they are notoriously territorial and aggressive animals. Point being, there should be no illusion of 'love' existent in these animals, as love is known to a human. They will not hesitate to kill you, and they should be regarded with this truth in consideration. This is not to say they should not be respected - quite the opposite. In respecting the world that we live in, it is necessary that we understand that certain aspects of nature's creation are not meant to be interacted with; they are spectacles to be viewed from afar, fragments of life's history for us to ponder and be amazed by.

When the Hippo opened his mouth, the Hyena said: okay I have seen enough.🤣

I knew she was protecting the carcass of her dead baby, she didnt want the hyenas to eat it, amazing sensitivity from hippo.

The guy says, it's clearly dead so why protect it? Because the hippo is a MOTHER!

See how smart the hyenas are they are spread out some is looking out and watching while the others are hunting for the food everyone is playing a roll for there survival.

'It's clearly dead so why protect it? Because it's her calf and she probably gave birth shortly before you arrived. I did expect her to have killed a Hyena since Hippos have a fierce reputation.

Was I the only one waiting for a croc to make a surprise appearance 🤔😂😂😂

They're trying to fake out the mother. Two to distract, with two on the side ready to drag the baby out the water.

I am surprised the mother wasnt more aggressive

Poor mama. She knows if she leaves the body for one second, the Hyenas will get it.

"Are those coyotes in the water?" "No, those are hyenas!!!!" How can you not know that when your on safari to Africa?

Bold hyenas! Do they not know that a hippo can damn near run on water!! 😂

8:50 he run after hippo show his power 🤣

A grieving Mom.

The hyenas are smart. They're trying to sway the mother hippo away from the calf. Interesting.

The hippo is really polite with the hyenas

Parabéns a todos envolvidos saúde e muito mais suseso agradecimento a equipe da filmagem

Usually music ruins videos, but in this case it would eliminate the constant wind blowing into the microphone and people talking

I can't understand why hyaenas apparently attack hippos. With their enormous mouths they could be bitten in half with ease!

Are those hyenas out of their gord? Wow. Never thought id see something so crazy

This proves hyenas aren't cowards because if they were, they wouldn't even be going in hippo territory in the first place. Hyena just swam towards a living hippo to eat the dead one (even though the hippo is telling him or her to go away). 11:36 A hyena THAT close to a hippo can't be a coward. I know there are more hyenas, but that hyena is closest by him or herself!

I did not know hyenas could swim.

Now this is real scavenging work , getting into the water with a hippo and getting this close , just to get to a corpse , respect to the hyenas, must be really hungry as well !

Hay! Fantastic UFO Activity at the end of the video,WoW....

Funny, the wind makes it look like either a jacuzzi or mama hippo has a major gas case 😂

The guy who said “why protect her dead calf”...are you insane ...the animal alsi have a mother instinct !!human can’t be selfish all the time

The poor mom 😥 just let her grieve

Aw momma was trying to hide the baby , so sad

the quality .....its just AMAZING very amazing

Poor momma hippo lost her baby!!

The title should read successfully defends

That hyena is pretty damn brazen going into the water like that. That is obviously not there element and the hippo could have EASILY killed it.

Animals are legends

lol that first jump by hyena shows not very athletic

Hey I was in Tanzania in 2012 and went there! This place was beautiful!

Wow amazing hippo.. Wonderful sighting!!! Wonderful hippos!! Fantastic creature!!Thanks for sharing this wonderful video about amazing creature...THE BEAUTIFUL HIPPO!!!

The Hyena leaping haha

Parents love even in the wild is amazing

There's like 50,000 gazelle behind them. I'm sure they can catch 1.

Saw you on Reddit - subbed ya - Good luck on RU-vid!

Hyenas are brave, strong, tough, rugged, smart, durable, resilient and have the strongest neck, jaw and heart. Hyenas are gorgeous and amazing 👏 👏 👏 👏

This is a whole new world of entertainment

Hippos love to tease the other animals. :-)

Hyenas: is this McDonalds cause the quality of the smell here smells like McDonalds. Hippo: no this is a funeral now get lost Hyena: but food from McDonalds is roadkill...

To the guy on the video that is saying why protect it, it is clearly dead. It's her baby you fool, animals love too! der!

...HAHAHAA...INSTINCTS SIMPLY OVERWHELMS BEASTS...THE HYENAS CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES BUT JUST HELP THEMSELVES?!...

I hate the background comments. They always state the obvious.

Қандай керемет жануарлар!

I do enjoy the scenery. They weren't kidding when they said Africa was teeming with wildlife!

I enjoyed this interesting inter-species little behavioural study - thanks for the upload

0 : 04 amazing jump hyena??????

It's a game of patience... obviously hyenas are not in the position to confront the hippo. Eventually one gives up.

We want the clean the pool. You big guy don't restrain us.

Thats crocodile water. Where is the crocodiles?? The hippos and Crocs Usually be in the same water.

Those Hyenas were brave but foolish and reckless going into The Hippo's domain they are lucky The Hippo was not having such a bad day

Merci beaucoup. Il faut

Hyenas waited and waited like me who waited and waited for my increment and left for another Company

I never knew that the hyna can risk that much when a hunger strikes tho.

Too many cars in this reserve.

Peep how all the Hyenas are spread out and looking in different direction for prey danger ect! They are very smart!

Those hienas were playin with deth

What they runnin from towards end??

Q interesante gracias por tu vídeo 👌

As much as I hate hyenas they are very smart animals.

nimeipenda sana

They should make a TV show called "People on Safari say the Stupidest Things". Some dumb broad asked if those "things" in the water were coyotes at 2:19.

Hyenas are really pretty scared when they or hunt😂

Wow what an amazing video. I am amazed that this is almost 18 minutes of nothing. I will just follow the Hyenas and walk away.

I think the hippo was protecting his evening appetizer.

Hungry, hungry hyenas get no hippo.

Did the guy actually say the calf is clearly dead so why is she protecting it? I can't even comment on that. Guy most have no love in his heart or emotion. Would you just discard your desd child?

that bastard looked good laying there with all fours up.mother is studied as hell.like get up we got company.know they have clowns over there,I here them in the back ground.lol

Hyenas are trying so hard to rescue the Hippo..

Ienas inteligentíssimas no seu quotidiano. Seres fantásticos esses ienas.

Just waiting of time

The gnu alone in the background at the end =)

por fin alguien que habla español en los videos (?

Hyena's are like "we smell something good." Where are the crocs? I want to see a croc hyena fight,

3:30 they're having some salad

thank goodness for the sidebar.

Where are the crocodiles when you need them most?

Usually hippos and crocs share the same pool. Surprised that there were no crocs trying to eat the hyenas.

I wish you would have swung the camera to the right in order to see what frightened the hyenas away; didn't you see them looking that way?

Great

Well the hippo isn't the only threat. Don't forget there are crocs in African rivers too. Those hyenas got lucky.

Ou essa água não tem crocodilos ou eles não perceberam aquelas hienas na água,senão já tinham almoçado pelo menos uma

The minute 15:35 when she says: Está Cagando :) :) :)

La mas mortal de las mordidas de los depredadores Las tienen las Hienas son un espectaculo.Muchas Gracias

Twensa everywhere

Hippo good teknik

WHAT are u doing with the camera!?! Please pass it to your friend with the steady hand....please

Hippo know they were all waiting for her

Use of the 'edit' facility and deadening the irrelevant soundtrack would have been a great improvement to what was an interesting sighting.

Watching paint dry>>>this video!!!

The title should be "Hippo rescues a calf corpse from hyenas"!!

On today's episode of lost on RU-vid during quarantine

I was hoping to see the hippo kill at least one of the hyenas.

Hippos are not very smart, they have an amazing ability to walk underwater and could've easily killed a couple of Hyenas.

No prey to big no prey to small

Wow!!!