Thank Heaven for neighbors
Iga Paul, A two-year-old boy from Uganda was playing outside his home when a hippo strayed out of Lake Edward and attacked him. The hippo seized the boy from the head and swallowed half of his body, according to police. The hippo attack occurred on around 3:00 p.m. near the boy’s home on the shores of Lake Edward, in the Kasese District in western Uganda. The area is located within Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to several lakes and nature preserves and is a popular tourist destination. The little guy was scooped up of the ground and went into the monster’s mouth in one gulp. Hippos are notoriously aggressive and are in fact the deadliest large land mammal on the planet, killing an estimated 500 people each year according to National Geographic. Despite their docile appearance and huge size – adult hippos can weigh up to four tons – and they can run up to 20 miles per hour. Their jaws can open to 180 degrees and chomp down with a force 10 times the strength of human jaws, with sharp teeth that can grow to more than one and a half feet long. Though they are plant eaters, some studies have reported instances of hippos eating meat when food is scarce,
Iga was playing at home about 800 meters from the lake where a hippo was foraging out of the water. Katwe-Kabatooro police said a hippo grabbed the 2-year-old boy by the head and swallowed half of him. Iga was very lucky to have a neighbor that saw the whole thing happen and began to throw large stones at the massive beast. Chrispas Bagonza, witnessed the attack and rushed to the boy’s aid. The stones he threw at the hippo scared the animal, causing it to release Iga from its mouth. The boy was immediately rushed to a nearby medical clinic. He was treated for injuries on his hand and later transferred to Bwera Hospital for further treatment. He made a full recovery and was discharged from the hospital and returned to his parents after receiving a vaccine for rabies, authorities said. “Although the hippo was scared back into the lake, all residents near animal sanctuaries and habitats, should know that wild animals are very dangerous,” Uganda police warned. “Instinctually, wild animals see humans as a threat and any interaction can cause them to act strangely or aggressively.”
Hippo-critical Humor
A toddler was recently hospitalized after swallowing several plastic horses
Doctors now describe his condition as stable.
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
A toddler was found in the garden chewing on a slug.
After the initial surge of disgust the parent said,
“Well . . . What does it taste like?”
“Worms,” was the reply.
A toddler, was giving her daddy a tea party:
She brought him a little cup of “tea” which was just water, of course. After several cups of tea, her Mom came home, Dad made her wait in the living room to watch his little Princess bring him a cup of tea, because it was, “Just the cutest thing!” Mom waited, and sure enough, here she come down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy. She watches him drink it up and then says, “You know the only place she can reach water, is the toilet!”
December 19th Birthdays
1972 – Rosa Blasi, 1963 – Jennifer Beals, 1981 – Maria Sokoloff, 1972 – Alyssa Milano
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, 1944 – Richard Leakey, 1991 – Keinan Lonsdale, 1989 – Alex Sanchez