Did the feared crocodile Gustave really eat a hippo?

Question

Usually, a hippo whips a croc.

Answer 1

Don't know if he ATE one, but he is supposedly bigger than one:

"Witnesses spoke of a large crocodile, larger than a hippo," Faye said. "Three months later, I heard of 17 more deaths. One was a 15-year-old student taken away in sight of all. Soldiers fired their Kalashnikovs at the croc but said that it swallowed the bullets."

And according to THIS blurb, yes he did!

"About 12m long and weighing more than a ton, the giant crocodile is believed to have eaten up to 300 villagers and an adult hippo."

Answer 2

i`m thinking gustave ate a hippy