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Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day ...
Are hippos dangerous? Hippos hold a common perception of a cute and bubbly demeanor, but that is quite a far cry from the truth. Although their rounded features and cute babies may seem so inviting, ...
Paul Templer was leading a tour group up the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe when he was attacked by a 15ft bull hippo which ...
A horrifying attack while he was leading a safari group in Zimbabwe left Paul Templer with catastrophic injuries, but even as ...
Thousands of fans have flocked to a Thailand zoo to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that's ...
The hippo attack, on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, happened 17 years ago, but Paul Templer this week recounted the tale to The Guardian. “There was no transition at all, no sense of.
A safari guide has described how he was swallowed by a “monster hippo” that ripped off his arm off and “threw him around like a ragdoll.” Paul Templer was left with 39 “major” bite ...
A baby hippopotamus born at the San Diego Zoo last month has a name. The zoo said the river hippo calf will be called Amahle (pronounced ah-MA-shay), which means “beautiful one” in Zulu.
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Monday that Otis, a 45-year old hippo, was euthanized following a sharp decline in his health over the weekend. "It's with heavy hearts that we ...
The river hippo calf born earlier this month at the San Diego Zoo has been given a name after several days of online voting, the zoo announced Friday.
It's not just pollution that can harm oxygen levels in rivers. Another culprit: hippo poop. A study lead by researchers at Yale University found hippos pooping in the Mara River in Africa are ...