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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.

after she was pounced on by the reptile while backpacking in Mexico.Her brave twin sister Georgia fought it off, but Melissa, 28, was left with a string of injuries after being dragged underwater by the 10ft beast and is now recovering from her ordeal.And other people have also survived animal attacks against the odds.Which animal would you hate to fight? Have your say in comments belowIn 1996, safari guide Paul Templer was taking people out on a river in Zimbabwe when he was attacked by a “monster hippo” which swallowed him head first.Aged 27 at the time, Paul saw a fellow guide, Evans, flung from his boat, but as he rushed to help he felt himself being “engulfed in darkness”.“It was as if I had suddenly gone blind and deaf,” he