Could hippos be pets in ancient egypt?

Question

im trying to proove my teacher that there were pet hippos in ancient egypt. if you know any history of someone having a pet hippo in anicent egpyt, just answer!!

Answer 1

Hippos are the animal which are responsible for most annual human fatalities in Africa..so i guess it is the Crocodile you are talking about..

Answer 2

hahahaha so funny that never happened and would never happen in history of man kind

Answer 3

seriously wtf

Answer 4

It's highly unlikely that they had hippos as pets. They can be very dangerous animal. Sorry

Answer 5

a hippo is too huge and dangerous to be a pet even for an ancient Egyptian.

they had buffalos which are dark skinned animals that resemble cows .this is a peaceful animal that is kept in the backyard of a farmer's house .they werent pets , but they were  in the background of  a family setting in the past and in the present .

Answer 6

who cares ?

Answer 7

probably not..they were worshiped but hippos kill people often and the egyptians feared them

Answer 8

i don't think so, cuz it's like to bite people :)

Answer 9

lol :D ,