Hippos aren't as happy as portrayed in media

[Polishprince]

Watch your step around the hippopotamus , they can actually be deadly.

The media portrays the hippo as happy, but that just isn't necessarily true.

Man whose wife was killed by a hippo in Africa sues safari tour company

A New Jersey man whose wife was killed in a horrific hippopotamus attack last year during a safari in Africa is suing the U.S. company that arranged the trip.

www.kcra.com

 

[deannalw]

Hippos can eat you in one bite.

 

[toobfreak]

Watch your step around the hippopotamus , they can actually be deadly.
The media portrays the hippo as happy, but that just isn't necessarily true.

Happy? Deadly? Why, the hippopotamus is probably the most dangerous animal in Africa. They are not the animal portrayed in childhood cartoons. They are more dangerous and unpredictable than lions, rhinos, elephants or cape buffalo, and they are surprisingly quick for their size.

So much so that while I would hold the tour guide company partially responsible, I would also hold the couple partially so as well, and pox on the tour company for not getting a signed waiver as to the potential danger of touring Africa. I would not get within 200 feet of a rhino, not even one submerged in water without a reliable escape vehicle and a .378 magnum rifle at my side, and if these people did any less, they are party to blame for getting killed.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

What does this have to do with the cast of the View? You said hippos!

 

[hondo 50]

I think hippos kill more people in Africa than crocs and lions. Makes sense when you think about the boats that glide over hippos just below the surface.

 

[MarathonMike]

I think hippos kill more people in Africa than crocs and lions. Makes sense when you think about the boats that glide over hippos just below the surface.

Crocs kill more but hippos kill hundreds every year. Their mouths look like they could crush a Volkswagen.

 

[hondo 50]

Is it like those dolphins who appear to be smiling?

 

[norwegen]

Hippos can eat you in one bite.

In my case, maybe two bites.

 

[S.S.]

Personification

 

[skye]

Who said they were happy?

May be they are happy too... happy and dangerous

 

[Polishprince]

Who said they were happy?

May be they are happy too... happy and dangerous

That was the documentation I saw on the issue.

 

[S.S.]

Fat girls are jolly.