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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

Name is Jonah.


21 posted on 12/14/2022 8:16:24 AM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Pollard

Cool! Lets play ‘What was THE dumbest ever childs toy’.


22 posted on 12/14/2022 8:20:21 AM PST by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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23 posted on 12/14/2022 8:33:31 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

Poor kid. That wouldn’t have happened if his ancestors were brought to America as slaves. He would be playing basketball and making millions of dollars.


24 posted on 12/14/2022 8:39:20 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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To: Red Badger

Africa averages 500 killings by Hippo yearly.


25 posted on 12/14/2022 8:39:51 AM PST by 100%FEDUP
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Yeah we need to do some selective breeding like they did for purse dogs and get those hippos down to maybe 100, 150 lbs max. Then I might get one.


26 posted on 12/14/2022 8:52:19 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Not a bad idea, but I’ll still pass.


27 posted on 12/14/2022 8:57:43 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: know.your.why

22 posts and no Stacy Abrams reference (until now)?


28 posted on 12/14/2022 9:17:01 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Honest Nigerian

Hippo, not ghetto.


29 posted on 12/14/2022 9:19:55 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

And his mama cries
‘Cause if there’s one thing that she don’t need
It is another hungry mouth to feed
In the hippoooo


30 posted on 12/14/2022 10:14:17 AM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: Red Badger

I thought maybe he got to close to Big Mike when she was eating


31 posted on 12/14/2022 6:46:34 PM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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