20 Funny Hippo Jokes

Here are 20 funny hippo jokes and the best hippo puns to crack you up. These jokes about hippos are great jokes for kids and adults.

Here is our top list of hippo dad jokes. Find your favorite puns about hippos, have a laugh, then share and enjoy this hippo humor with others.

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Here are some of our favorite dad jokes about hippos that are also awesome hippo jokes for adults and kids to be told!

What do you call a one-legged hippo? A hoppo.
What is the best kind of hippo? A hippo-awesome-mus.
What do you get if you cross an elk with a hippo? A hippopota-moose
What do you call an elephant that makes fun of a hippo’s weight? Hippo-critical.
What do you call a self governing group of hippos? Hippotonomous.

What do you get when you cross a dog with a hippo? A hippo-paw-tamus.
What do you call a cross between a transformer and a hippo? Optapotamus Prime.
Why do you never see hippos hiding in trees? Because they’re very good at it.
What do you call a hippo with a runny nose? A hipposnotamous.
What do you call a hippo with a big butt? A hippobottomus.

Here are some great hippo joke one liners that you can quip whenever someone is talking about hippos.

I don’t know what would happen if a hippo escaped from the zoo. i hate hippothetical questions.
When a hippo uses the toilet I always find that afterwards it’s a hippo-potty-mess.
I went to the zoo with my dad and he kept making fun of the hippo exhibit. I wish he wouldn’t be so hippo-critical.
The difference between a hippo and a match is that one is pretty heavy and the other is a little lighter.
I told my friend about the hippo that’s trained to use a toilet, but he seemed skeptical. He keeps calling it a hippo potty myth.

These next funny hippo puns are some of our best jokes and puns about hippos!

What do you call a hippo that swears a lot? A Hippo-potty-mouth.
What happens when you cross a hippo, an elephant, and a rhino? Helephino.
What do you call a hippo that is average at playing golf? A hippo-par-tamus.
What do you call a starving hippo in Budapest? A hungry Hungary hippo.
Why was the hippo afraid to go swimming in the ocean? He didn’t want to get hippothermia.