Farmer gouged to death by pet hippo Humphrey who was 'like a son to him'

Daily Mail ^ | 11-14-11 | Dan Newling

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[dfwgator]

Hungry Hungry Hippos - The Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSpNa06lxs

[WKUHilltopper]

Just by looking at this guy’s picture, you can ascertain he a problem with discerning prudent choices in life.

[dfwgator]

'Humphrey's like a son to me'

If your son was one of the Melendez Brothers, that is.

[Navy Patriot]

I can find no reference to children, perhaps an applicant for the Darwin Award?

[ZinGirl]

LOL

[sodpoodle]

**I suspect this will become a movie**

Animal Planet has an eye-opening series: Fatal Attraction; which describes animal hoarders who believe they have some mystical ability to overcome the natural predatory instincts of exotic animals.

Very troubling obsession.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=1&oq=Animal+planet+Fatal+&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4TSNA_enUS359US359&q=animal+planet+fatal+attraction+full+episodes

[Sax]

[Above My Pay Grade]

>>>I suspect this will become a movie shortly.<<<

Nah, probably just an episode of “Fatal Attractions” on Animal Planet.

[Explorer89]

That reminded me of Henrietta Hippo from “The New Zoo Review”.

[Rudder]

[Hacklehead]

He may have raised it but things change when a wild animal reaches adolescence. At that point they no longer care/recognize who raised it. They are programmed to fight for dominance and will challenge their fathers, brothers, uncles, whatever to achieve it. Human “parents” of wild animals who don’t understand that pay the consequences.

[nikos1121]

Soemthing tells me that the cause of death may have been the drowning. The Hippo may have tried to revive Els by biting or trying to pick him up...after he had drowned.

[Travis McGee]

Folks who don't appreciate your comment often try to raise wolves from cubs.

It doesn't work, not pure wolf.

And a hippo's teeth are a lot bigger.

[righttackle44]

Soemthing tells me that the cause of death may have been the drowning.

Well, tell Soemthing that he's lying to you, and that the sumbich Humphrey killed the farmer deader than a doornail. (By the way, you probably shouldn't listen to Soemthing anymore. He sounds dangerous. And especially don't listen to him--or it--if Soemthing tells you to start killing people.)

[Louis Foxwell]

‘Humphrey’s like a son to me’

Animal consciousness necessitates patricide. Consequences, man, consequences.

[Fedupwithit]

So....this would be a hippo patricide??

[EternalVigilance]

which he once described as being 'like a son' to him.

Kinda like Gaddafi and Obama.

[Mikey_1962]

I thought that title was held by the Rhinoceros.

In terms of human deaths the most dangerous animal in Africa would be the mosquito.

[JimC214]

Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation. They are widely considered to be one of the most dangerous large animals in Africa. A check of Wikki would have been this guys friend.