Spontaneous generation?
Mexico's office for environmental protection said Tuesday that experts had lured the 1,320-pound animal into a cage after issuing a call "asking for the help of the community, to allow specialists to do their job and capture and transfer Tyson."
Residents of Las Choapas in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz had nicknamed the hippo Tyson after it appeared nearby.
Macho honcho below tries to lose his arm feeding Tyson the Hippo a stick.
Some rich drug lord had a private zoo and it got loose. Happens. Here in Texas we have wild herds of non-native sika and axis deer roaming around the hill country. There was a ranch near the coast that had various African animals for canned hunts, occasionally one would get loose a local would get lucky and shoot it.
ReplyDeleteMore fool he, hippos are often considered the most dangerous animal on the African continent. They kill about 3,000 people every year!
ReplyDeleteOn rivers they often upset boats & canoes, and on land they can run up to 30 kph, so good luck getting away.
I heard that in spite of their appearance, they are irritable, highly territorial, and as you say, can move when they want to.
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