### 8 hippos hate vibrations > • **When passing hippos, bang on your boat.** > This might seem silly, but hippos hate vibrations. It won’t protect you by itself, but it alerts the hippos that you are there and prevents them from coming up from the water underneath you. If nothing else, it helps to make sure they don’t capsize your boat by accident. - [View Highlight](https://godownsize.com/do-animals-attack-boats?__readwiseLocation=0%2F0%2F3%2F163%2F4%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F6%2F1%3A0%2C2%2F5%2F163%2F4%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F1%2F6%2F1%3A272#:~:text=Don%E2%80%99t%20get%20between%20them%20and%2Ccapsize%20your%20boat%20by%20accident.) - [[Can Animals Attack Boats by Morten Storgaard#8 hippos hate vibrations|View in Vault]]