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1 posted on 11/14/2011 7:56:35 AM PST by george76
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To: Monkey Face; Darksheare; NicknamedBob

Hippo rampage!


2 posted on 11/14/2011 8:01:23 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Without common referents, we are all merely inarticulate refugees from Babel."~Nicknamedbob)
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When will human beings understand that wild animals are WILD. They are unpredictable. They don’t love you back. They want to eat you.


3 posted on 11/14/2011 8:01:29 AM PST by LibertarianLiz
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Note to self: Add Hippo to the list of pets NOT to own.

Previous list includes Rattlesnakes, Lions, tigers and Bears oh my.

4 posted on 11/14/2011 8:01:42 AM PST by I Drive Too Fast
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I guess Humphrey didn’t like his ‘father’.


5 posted on 11/14/2011 8:01:44 AM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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Humphrey was probably just a Hungry Hungry Hippo.


6 posted on 11/14/2011 8:01:48 AM PST by Rokurota
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Apparently he got the hippopotamus for Christmas on year.


7 posted on 11/14/2011 8:02:54 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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Marius was always on Humphreys back!


8 posted on 11/14/2011 8:06:45 AM PST by albie
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Here’s Jessica the Hippo, also in South Africa, that lives in the house:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWgB1hyOHWc


9 posted on 11/14/2011 8:08:14 AM PST by beaversmom
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Sort of reminds me of the doe I saw a few months ago. She had left her 2 fawns sitting beneath a tree while she browsed. When finished, she was calling the fawns as she walked up the hill to get to them. One fawn responded and got up to meet her, but the other stayed put. She proceeded to walk to the one that didn’t respond, and she got to it, she proceeded to bite it on the butt. It responded to that!


12 posted on 11/14/2011 8:11:17 AM PST by LRS ("This is silly! It can't be! It can't be!!" "Oh yes it is! I said you wouldn't know the joint.")
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Oh, the Huge Manatee.....wait, what?


13 posted on 11/14/2011 8:11:50 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Live by the hippo; die by the hippo.


14 posted on 11/14/2011 8:11:57 AM PST by Eternal_Bear
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A man has to know his limitations, some just aren't cut out for professional sports.

15 posted on 11/14/2011 8:12:24 AM PST by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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And now he’s Hippo poop. Gotta love the food chain. Best to try to stay on top of it.


17 posted on 11/14/2011 8:14:16 AM PST by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)
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When we went on Safari in Africa everywhere we went we were told more human deaths come from hippos than any other species. Yep, more than lions, leopards and hyenas.


20 posted on 11/14/2011 8:19:23 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks (You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich: Abraham Lincoln)
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It’s like grandma always said, “Don’t fu#& with a hippo.”


27 posted on 11/14/2011 8:29:09 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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He shouldn't have touched his *bucket*.


32 posted on 11/14/2011 8:42:45 AM PST by Daffynition
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The danger with having a pet as large and dangerous as a hippo is that it only needs to get pissed at you ONCE.
33 posted on 11/14/2011 8:43:35 AM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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When will people learn that animals are wild and as much as this farmer loved this hippo and raised it from 5 mos old... it was STILL wild and could TURN on anyone at any moment. It’s very sad but...unfortunately true.


34 posted on 11/14/2011 8:43:58 AM PST by cubreporter (Rush Limbaugh... where would our country be without this brilliant man?)
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There’s a show on cable call Deadly Obsession which documents people with deadly pets. Lions, tigers, poisionous snakes, etc.

This guy would qualify.

They all wind up dead and they all say the exact same thing. “He would never hurt me. He loves me.”


38 posted on 11/14/2011 8:51:24 AM PST by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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Apparently, this farmer had forgotten to feed the hippo its daily diet of white marbles.


40 posted on 11/14/2011 8:51:50 AM PST by Sky Slug
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