Hippo charge caught on camera in Kruger National Park

A safari sighting turned sudden in Kruger Nationwide Park when a seemingly placid hippo erupted from the water in a dramatic present of drive.

Filmed from a close-by automobile, the footage captures the uncooked volatility of one in every of Africa’s most territorial animals. The incident seems to have taken place alongside a riverbank inside the park, the place the hippo had been partially submerged earlier than immediately lunging ahead with its jaws open.

Hippo assault in South Africa’s Kruger Nationwide park pic.twitter.com/k4T5jGtpzA

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It’s a stark reminder of untamed unpredictability in South Africa’s flagship reserve. Hippos are broadly thought to be one in every of Africa’s most harmful massive mammals as a result of their territorial behaviour, notably in and round water.

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