aggressive bull hippo while canoeing in Zimbabwe said the attack left him looking like a "kebab".In 1996, Paul Templer was working as a canoe safari guide in the African country and was having a quiet trip until his party came across a herd of hippos.After observing the enormous creatures for a while, the atmosphere on the river turned aggressive as a hippo made a beeline for the convoy and threw Paul's fellow guide off his canoe.
After sending his clients to the nearby shoreline, Paul made an attempt to rescue his friend and that's when things turned ugly.
Speaking to 7 News, Paul detailed the horrific moment he became lodged in a hippo's mouth. He said: "As our fingers almost touch, the water suddenly explodes and everything goes dark."From my waist up, I’m not dry, but I’m not wet - I get one hand free, and I can feel the bristles on a hippo’s snout.
So now I know where I am."Paul described the hippo's mouth as smelling like a "rotten egg" and said that he only managed to free himself by holding on to tusks and wriggling out.That wasn't the end of the grisly encounter though, as the hippo came back for him and tossed him "like a ragdoll" up into the air.
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