Hungry Hungry Hippo

Batman · May 10, 2013

... The real-life version. And this guy was one of the balls.
Just an interesting read on what it's like to be mauled, swallowed and regurgitated by a rogue hippo.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/may/04/i-was-swallowed-by-a-hippo?CMP=twt_gu

Hippos' mouths have huge tusks, slicing incisors and a bunch of smaller chewing teeth. It felt as if the bull was making full use of the whole lot as he mauled me – a doctor later counted almost 40 puncture wounds and bite marks on my body. The bull simply went berserk, throwing me into the air and catching me again, shaking me like a dog with a doll.

Then down we went again, right to the bottom, and everything went still. I remember looking up through 10 feet of water at the green and yellow light playing on the surface, and wondering which of us could hold his breath the longest. Blood rose from my body in clouds, and a sense of resignation overwhelmed me. I've no idea how long we stayed under – time passes very slowly when you're in a hippo's mouth.
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dooley_womack1 · May 10, 2013

In a related story, a Chinese circus has filled an opening in its bicycle race with a hippopotamus

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