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One possibility that Dr. Harer ruled out is that of a chariot accident. "If he fell from a speeding chariot going at top speed you would have what we call a tumbling injury -- he'd go head over heels. He would break his neck. His back. His arms, legs. It wouldn't gouge a chunk out of his chest." Instead, at his Toronto lecture, Harer brought up another, more exotic possibility -- that Tut was killed by a hippo. It's not as far out an idea as it sounds, hippos are aggressive, quick and territorial animals, and there is an artefact...

Perhaps he is having a pleasant dream or he may simply be obliging the snap-happy tourists passing his tank but, either way, he looks pretty pleased with himself. ‘When we saw his face we just thought we had to get a picture,’ said Jay Parker, who took this photo of wife Lauren, 30, with the animal during a trip to San Diego Zoo. Now the innocent holiday snap has taken cyberspace by storm, popping up on blogs and chatrooms from America to China.

Rice farmers at the Moriba rice fields in Janjangbureh South have abandoned their rice fields, and may not return there until there is a definitive action to combat the issue of attacks on the fields by hippopotamus. Hippopotamus recently destroyed over fifty plots of paddy rice fields at the rice fields. The plots which were transplanted were on their maturity stages. This serious damages caused by the hippos has caused farmers a big loss. Speaking to journalists after a conducted tour of the damaged rice fields, Mr. Muhammed Fatty, president of Moriba lay rice field explained that the rice farms...

Residents of Kawuku-Gaba sharing the meat of the hippo that was killed on Sunday THE hippo, which has been terrorising residents in the Lake Victoria belt at Munyonyo, has been killed by rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). UWA’s head ranger Paul Naluma, who camped with a colleague at Bunga village, killed the hippo at 6:30am on Sunday. “It was a response to public outcry and advice from the Inspector General of Police,” Naluma said. The hippo is blamed for the death of two brothers who were fishing on the lake on Friday night. On the same night,...

If you’ve never ridden a duck or a hippo, it’s an experience quite unique, and you simply must try it out. The World War II era Ducks, and Korean War era Hippos are amphibious watercraft that have been sagely appropriated for tourist rides, and if you want a mixed land/sea adventure, there’s little finer you can find for your adventure. Although goggles aren't normally recommended, we just happened to have some we were already wearing anyhow. Seattle, San Francisco and Boston all have Duck tours, but the Ducks are the older, heavier, slower craft, all designed and built more than...

I am blessed with a wide array of personality defects, such as an overinflated sense of self importance, an incredible lack of attention to detail and general belligerence. However, the personality disorder that takes the cake is my argumentativeness. My need to start and win arguments is pathological. And I'm one of those types who will not allow reason, common decency or the World Wide Web come between me and a loud and violent debate. As a result, I'm drawn to like-minded people who love a good old scrap. This thought was sparked off by an incident a couple of...

The JONAS BROTHERS have a hippopotamus named after them thanks to an animal-loving fan who adopted the mammal in their honour. The Lovebug hitmakers admit they have had some weird and wonderful gifts from their adoring fans in the past, but the big animal tops the list. Joe Jonas says, “A hippo was one of our gifts once. Somebody adopted a hippo in our name, so that was pretty amazing.” But they have no idea where in the world the Jonas Brothers hippo lives. Joe adds, “I’d love to visit one day.”

JOHANNESBURG — A stray hippo that moved into the reservoir for a South African apartment complex has been shot dead, due to fears it could hurt a resident, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The hippopotamus was killed Saturday after it was spotted in the complex reservoir near Tzaneen, a town in the northern province of Limpopo, The Beeld newspaper said. "We did not have the manpower to catch and relocate the hippo," provincial environmental affairs spokesman Joshua Kwapa told the paper.

ARLINGTON, Va. — “It all started with an early [canoe ride] up the Zambezi River,” said Cpl. Justin Trinidad, a Marine security guard with Detachment Harare, Zimbabwe, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group. The day that began with a simple tour ended with Trinidad saving the life of another man on the safari after the group was attacked by a hippopotamus March 14. Trinidad, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native, and his girlfriend, Kaylynn Hankey, were enjoying a guided trip up the Zambezi River when one of the guides began shouting that there was a hippo in the water and everyone needed...

The Gambia’s minister of Forestry and the Environment, Hon. Jato Sillah has promised the people of Bakadaji in Nianija District of the Central River Region that the government under the leadership of His Excellency, Sheikh Prof. Dr. Alh. Yahya AJJ Jammeh has heard their cry on the incessant attack of hippopotamus on rice farms in the area and other places, and that a solution would soon be proffered. The minister said this during his nationwide tour of forest resources at the Bakadaji Forestry Station in Nianija while responding to a complaint raised by one Sarjo Sillah of Bakadaji who said...

The Gambia’s minister of Forestry and the Environment, Hon. Jato Sillah has promised the people of Bakadaji in Nianija District of the Central River Region that the government under the leadership of His Excellency, Sheikh Prof. Dr. Alh. Yahya AJJ Jammeh has heard their cry on the incessant attack of hippopotamus on rice farms in the area and other places, and that a solution would soon be proffered. The minister said this during his nationwide tour of forest resources at the Bakadaji Forestry Station in Nianija while responding to a complaint raised by one Sarjo Sillah of Bakadaji who said...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) ― The owner of a pit bull that bit off part of a Sheboygan boy's cheek has been fined $177. Police records released Monday show that 52-year-old Thomas J. Schmitz was cited over the weekend for owner liability for a dog causing injury. A telephone listing for Schmitz was disconnected. Police say a 12-year-old girl was walking the dog on a leash Tuesday when it attacked the 8-year-old boy.

Memphis Girl Mauled by Pit Bull: Family Wants Dog Euthanized Reported by: Kevin Holmes Email: kholmes@myeyewitnessnews.com Last Update: 7:58 pm SHELBY COUNTY, TN – A Memphis child was mauled by a pit bull while inviting her friends to her birthday party. The 8-year-old girl is recovering at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, as authorities decide what should happen to the dog that attacked her. Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies say the dog was chained to a tree in a front yard on Northdale Drive when it got loose. Hailey King has undergone several surgeries to repair her hands, face, legs and...

As the Topeka Zoo begins interviews to fill its director position, the facility is addressing issues raised by federal inspectors during a visit earlier this week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the zoo for eight noncompliance issues, such as failing to conduct required daily inspections of the elephants' feet, not maintaining a veterinary care protocol for all animals and denying a hippo access to its pool.

9-Year Old Badly Hurt In Pit Bull Attack By Michael George SHEBOYGAN- 9-year old A.J. Sterling is recovering at home after being attacked by a pit bull. His injuries are severe, and his parents are angry with the dog’s owners. Witness Connor Lieser tells TODAY’S TMJ4 the attack appeared to be unprovoked, as the boy was reaching down to pet the dog. Maria Ramirez and Afero Sterling, parents of A.J., just watched him go through plastic surgery. He was bitten on the face by the pit bull just one block from his home in Sheboygan. “I wouldn’t want any child...

Pit bulls attack 6-month-old boy 03:44 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 By SARAH BURGE Police are investigating a dog attack Saturday at a Murrieta apartment in which a 6-month-old boy was bitten in the groin, authorities said. Animal control officials said the child lost his testicles in the attack. Sgt. Bob Landwehr said today that police were called to a report of a dog bite shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex at 26301 Arboretum Way. The mother and her friend had left the baby strapped into a portable carrier and unattended in a room with...

A hippo escaped from a flooded private zoo in Montenegro Tuesday, shocking villagers who found her strolling near their homes. Nikica escaped as heavy rains sent water flooding through the zoo, raising the water level in her pen and allowing her to swim over the top of the cage surrounding it. Zoo owner Dragan Pejovic ..."Of course, we will not be able to bring her back until the water recedes," he said. Although hippos are known as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa, he said that "there is no reason for panic." "Our hippo is a peaceful and...

A PYGMY hippopotamus has been shot dead during a pig hunting expedition in the Northern Territory. The hippo is normally native to the swamps of west Africa, in particular Liberia. The Northern Territory News reports, Nico Courtney, 27, was out spotlighting for pigs with his mate Rusty on a station in the Douglas Daly district 200km south of Darwin on Saturday night. "It was about 1am and running away from us - from the tail end it just looked like a big pig," Mr Courtney said. "We got out, had a look at it, and thought 'that's not a pig,...

COLOMBIA has called off the hunt to kill a drug lord's escaped hippo and will instead try to relocate the beast after its mate was shot dead by order of the government, sparking outrage from animal rights groups. The giant animals were imported from Africa by late cocaine king Pablo Escobar and put in his zoo. They escaped in 2006 to live in the wild near the Magdalena river in northern Colombia, causing concerns about local public safety. Colombia was shocked on Friday when photographs were published of the dead hippo, named "Pepe", and by news that the hunt was...

Hunters have shot dead a fugitive hippopotamus that escaped from a menagerie owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.They are now searching for another two hippos, which have been branded a danger to society, just like their former owner. The trio had been living in a tropical valley after escaping almost three years ago from Escobar's property. They were part of an exotic collection of animals that the cocaine baron assembled during his heyday as a billionaire drug trafficker. Pablo Escobar's fugitive hippo spotted in northern Colombia Colombia's most-wanted drug lord arrested Lions and tigers kept as pets in danger...