Hot Hippo Rescued from Water Tower
July 2, 2009, 1:58 pm
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An overheating hippo was so
desperate to cool down that he climbed over the side of a 3m (10ft) water tower for a nice long soak.
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However, after happily splashing around for a while, the mammal found it could not get out of the pool and was well and truly stuck.
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Luckily, a farm worker noticed water spilling over the side of the concrete container and spotted two enormous nostrils poking out of the tank.
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| Equipped with a hydraulic crane and a cage, hippo hunter Chris Hobkirk and his team from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Association set to work. In a four-hour operation, they drained the tank and used poles to gently nudge the hippo into the 3m-long (10ft) steel cage before winching it to safety. |
Although this hippo went to extreme lengths to cool down it is by nature a semi-aquatic animal.
They usually stay in water all day until stepping on to land at dusk to graze. |
| Mr Hobkirk – who has rescued more than 180 stranded hippos in the past six years |
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