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REPORT: Toddler Survives Being Swallowed By Hippo
Daily Caller ^
| December 13, 2022 7:32 PM ET
| CARSON CHOATE
Posted on 12/14/2022 7:51:41 AM PST by Red Badger
A two-year-old boy in the western Kasese District of Uganda survived an attack from a wild hippopotamus after it swallowed him and then threw him back up.
The boy was playing at home in Katwe Kabatoro Town Council on Sunday when the hippo attacked him, swallowing him head first, according to local police reports cited by Newsweek. Locals saw the attack and threw stones at the hippo, causing the semiaquatic mammal to regurgitate the young boy and dash back to Lake Edward, which was half a mile away from the boy’s home.
The boy, reportedly identified as Paul Yiga by local news stations, was returned to his parents after being treated at a hospital, where he also received a rabies vaccine. Despite being attacked by one of the most dangerous animals on the planet – which kill an estimated 500 people annually – the boy suffered only minor injuries, Newsweek reported.
“This is the first such kind of incident where a hippo strayed out of the Lake Edward and attacked a young child,” the Uganda Police Force said in a Monday statement, according to Newsweek. “We want to remind all residents of Katwe Kabatoro Town Council, which is located within Queen Elizabeth National Park, to remain vigilant and always alert [park] rangers about animals that have strayed into their neighborhoods.”
Hippos are the third-largest land mammal in the world and live in both the water and on land. While females hippos tend to only grow up to 3,000 pounds, a male hippo can become as large as 9,920 pounds and 16.5 feet long, according to the National Geographic.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: animals; toddler; uganda
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To: Red Badger
Another Whoopi Goldberg story!
Make it stop!
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:53:36 AM PST
by
jimwatx
To: Red Badger
"Don't you just hate when that happens..."
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:53:45 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: Red Badger
Paul Yiga translated from Uganda is ‘Jonah’.
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:54:08 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: Red Badger
And we think that Coyotes are bad.
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:55:19 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:55:29 AM PST
by
Pollard
( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
To: Red Badger
Is this kids name Jonah?!
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:56:35 AM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Pollard
I HATED THAT GAME..................
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:57:10 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I bet that kid doesn’t want a hippopotamus for Christmas!
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posted on
12/14/2022 7:59:42 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
(Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
To: Red Badger; nickcarraway
Red is giving Nick a run for the money on weird stories! This sounds like a Nick post.
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:00:43 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: Red Badger
I can see the kid, sitting there in hippo vomit, exclaiming, “What in the world was that all about!”
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:00:52 AM PST
by
Nathan _in_Arkansas
(Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
To: Red Badger
It pays to not change the kid’s diapers but once a day.
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:06:34 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Red Badger
LOL, we had that game for the kids, noisy as hell…
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:06:54 AM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: Red Badger
I wouldn't mess with an adult, but baby hippos are so cute with their twitchy little ears:
To: Red Badger
Poor kid. What a peek at what our ancestors were dealing with for millions of years until about 2000 years ago.
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:09:24 AM PST
by
WMarshal
(Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat)
To: real saxophonist
"Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then
My teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian!"
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:10:42 AM PST
by
fidelis
(👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
To: Boogieman
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posted on
12/14/2022 8:11:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Nathan _in_Arkansas
The kid’s two years old, maybe he won’t remember. I wouldn’t want to.
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12/14/2022 8:12:26 AM PST
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telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: Boogieman
I sort of remember some guy in Africa who had a hippo as a house pet, until it killed him.
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