Posted on 08/07/2004 8:24:12 PM PDT by yankeedame
Hippos terrorise Siberian fishermen
From correspondents in Moscow
August 4, 2004
TWO Russian anglers quietly sharing a vodka as they waited for fish to bite in a Siberian river fled for their lives when two hippos broke the surface and shattered the peace of a summer day, Itar-Tass news agency has reported.
Malvina, the female hippo, and her companion Kenigs had escaped from a zoo at Bolshaya Rechka, about 200km north of Omsk, it said.
The terrified anglers sped to the village, one on foot, the other by bicycle, and alerted zoo keepers, who found the animals quietly grazing in a field.
Agence France-Presse
Mind yu, møøsebites can be nastii...
"Hippopotamus" is Greek for "river horse." The name dates from ancient times when the critters were common in the Nile valley. It also suggests that ancient Greek tourists had some pretty potent alcohol themselves.
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