Crocodiles are a relatively fierce animal, they eat both aquatic animals, but also eat terrestrial animals, and sometimes eat large terrestrial animals. However, crocodiles do not dare to provoke all animals, such as hippos, they do not dare to provoke. If crocodiles encounter adult hippos, especially when they encounter hippos, they usually dare not take the initiative to attack, will bypass to avoid. However, if the crocodile encounters a single, smaller hippopotamus, it may attack the baby hippopotamus and eat it as its own food.
As mentioned above, crocodiles dare not attack adult hippos. Hippopotamus is also a very large and ferocious animal. Comparing the two in terms of weight, hippos are very large, weighing up to several tons, which is larger than crocodiles. From the point of view of the bite force of teeth, the bite force of hippos is also stronger. Although crocodiles have a layer of armor to protect them, this layer of armor can easily be bitten through by hippos.
Therefore, when encountering an adult hippo, crocodiles generally do not take the initiative to attack, because they are not sure to subdue the hippo, but may be killed by the hippo. However, if they encounter a young hippopotamus, then they are sure to take them down, in fact, in real life crocodiles do take young hippopotamus as their own food.
