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Why hippos make terrible pack animals

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Anyone delusional enough to try turning a river beast into a pack animal immediately regrets the decision. These incredibly aggressive tanks of the animal kingdom have a zero-tolerance policy for saddles, preferring instead to wildly attack anything that encroaches on their territory.

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