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The answer is an unequivocal yes. Generally, it’s best to avoid hippos totally. If a hippo does happen to attack, the odds of living through it depend on whether you can get away or not. Sadly, if a ...

When a bull elephant and hippo meet in a watering hole, it’s not always a peaceful coexistence. In the accompanying footage, captured by Scott Hyman in Botswana, South Africa, the much larger ...

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Al Roker is back on Today two days after the death of his ex-wife, Alice Bell. After his absence from Today on the Tuesday, February 11, episode, where meteorologist Dylan Dreyer filled in for him, ...

Baby Gorilla. Image by Mariola Grobelska via Unsplash. If you’ve ever wondered which animal would be the stronger of two gigantic, notoriously wild creatures- the gorilla or hippo – this is the ...

Even the king of the jungle can have a bad day when trying to cross a river guarded by an aggressive hippo. Three lions found out the hard way that this river crossing was a giant hippo’s territory.

A safari trip in Zambia turned deadly when a hippopotamus fatally attacked Lisa Manders of New Jersey. Her husband says the company is to blame.

It’s cold, wet, or snowy, and just all over miserable, but World Hippo Day is February 15! We cannot uphold our unofficial title of Hippo Watch without celebrating. Enjoy some extra cuteness this week ...