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Hippo Eats Zookeeper (almost)
Status: Weird News
It's not a hoax, but I feel compelled to note any news story even vaguely similar to Hippo Eats Dwarf. From the Rocky Mountain News:A veteran worker at the Denver Zoo suffered a hand puncture today when a hippopotamus chomped down during routine dental training.
The woman keeper was bitten about 9:45 a.m. in the outdoor hippo exhibit as she and colleagues were doing desensitizing training on Mahali, a 5-year-old male, to make dental work more comfortable for the hippo.
"Mahali was doing this training where we ask him to hold his mouth open and while he holds his mouth open another keeper will tap on the teeth or do something to kind of desensitize the animal," said zoo spokeswoman Ana Bowie.
The training helps condition the animal "so he's more comfortable having hands or any dental tool in his mouth," she said.
"For unknown reasons, Mahali decided to close his mouth while one of our keepers had her left hand in his mouth," Bowie added.
The woman keeper was bitten about 9:45 a.m. in the outdoor hippo exhibit as she and colleagues were doing desensitizing training on Mahali, a 5-year-old male, to make dental work more comfortable for the hippo.
"Mahali was doing this training where we ask him to hold his mouth open and while he holds his mouth open another keeper will tap on the teeth or do something to kind of desensitize the animal," said zoo spokeswoman Ana Bowie.
The training helps condition the animal "so he's more comfortable having hands or any dental tool in his mouth," she said.
"For unknown reasons, Mahali decided to close his mouth while one of our keepers had her left hand in his mouth," Bowie added.
It sounds like the keeper is doing okay. The hippo is totally oblivious that anything even happened.
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Categories: Animals Posted by Alex on Wed Jul 16, 2008 |
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Hippos kill more people than any other wild animal in Africa. They are also agressively territorial.
Posted by Robin Bobcat in Californian Wierdo on Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 03:46 AM
They did a story on Animal Planet a while back. Hippos are THE most bad ass animal on the planet... More dangerous than sharks or those giant crocodiles!
Posted by Christopher in Warm, sunny Florida on Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 06:00 PM
Ain't it the truth. Hippos have been known to bite crocs in half.
Posted by Jessica on Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 07:31 PM
Was the zookeeper short at least? 
Posted by MadCarlotta in Canada on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 02:32 PM
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