A sleepy hippo taking an underwater nap while being groomed by a school of fish is just the ‘moment of zen’ we needed on Hump Day. The video shows a Nile Hippopotamus waking up and bobbing to the surface for air while enjoying the fish spa treatment. The African Cichlid fish can be seen picking […]
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Hippo attacks and kills zookeeper who entered enclosure to clean it
A worker at a zoo in India was attacked and killed by a hippopotamus after entering the animal’s enclosure to clean it Monday. The deadly animal attack took place at Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden, better known as Lucknow Zoo, in Uttar Pradesh, where a 40-year-old zoo staffer, identified only as Suraj, ventured into the […]
Pablo Escobar’s “Cocaine” Hippos are Being Sterilized
To manage the burgeoning population of hippos descended from animals imported by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, Colombia has initiated a sterilization program. On Tuesday, environmental authorities sterilized two male and one female hippopotamus, marking the beginning of a broader government campaign to address the more than 100 hippos freely roaming some […]
Hippo crushes to death ranger who dedicated his life to protecting the animals from poachers in South Africa: Colleagues are forced to kill the animal in doomed bid to save him
A brave bush ranger was crushed to death in the jaws of a rampaging hippo, after it ambushed a dawn patrol along a riverbank in a nature reserve in South Africa. Experienced patroller Sphamandla Mthembu, 31, was with three fellow rangers at the Mkhuze Game Reserve 180 miles north of Durban shortly after sunrise, protecting […]
Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos are Facing Slaughter
In Colombia’s Antioquia region, an unusual and potentially dangerous legacy of a bygone era has taken root. Descendants of hippos imported by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar during the 1980s now roam the Colombian countryside. These once-private zoo inhabitants have multiplied and become a significant challenge for the country’s authorities. The Colombian government, under the […]
Frightening POV video shows furious hippo charging wildlife photographers
A pair of American wildlife photographers had a terrifying encounter while filming hippos in Botswana recently. Bill and Linda Klipp were on a month-long photographic safari in the Okavango Delta when the incident happened. “We stopped at a small natural water hole to photograph a lone Hippo doing what Hippos do, lounging in the water, […]
Watch: Angry hippo charges, takes bites out of safari vehicle
Wildlife photographers on a safari in Botswana’s Okavango Delta got more than they bargained for when a perturbed hippo suddenly reacted violently to their presence. Bill and Linda Klipp were photographing and filming a lone hippo “doing what hippos do” at a watering hole when things turned dicey. “It’s not unusual for elephants and hippos […]
Locals have legs ripped off in crocodile and hippo attacks at lake that’s only source of water
Locals desperate for freshwater have been forced to use a deadly lake that is infested with hippos and crocodiles where some have lost their legs in attacks. Residents, who live near Lake Baringo in Kenya, have no choice but to face their fears due to the lake being their lifeline. According to Environmentalists, the lake […]