In 2005, a South African man identified as Marius Els adopted a baby hippo after he rescued it from a river, in a video going viral, Marius was seen playing with his new pet he nicknamed it �Humphrey�, six years down the line, �Humprey� the pet dragged him to the same river he rescued it from and mauled him till he passed out. Marius was said to have rescued �Humprey� at age five months and built an artificial lake for it. He admitted that he developed a special fondness for the animal but his friends never wanted to go near it since it was a wild animal. The conversations are fast gaining attention with people sharing various opinions.
According to most online users, Marius made a big mistake by adopting a �hippo� which is a wild animal, a few of the comments shared by users are gathered below; don�t forget to add yours to keep the discussion going.
@ChrisMonte2023
�Causing an estimated 500 deaths annually (as compared to only 22 for lions), hippos are deadly
land mammals. This is because they are very aggressive and territorial, and have a habit of
charging at boats and capsizing them�.
@AnimeLabs�
�Don't mess with wild animals and don't disturb
them. Humans have done so much horror that
nothing could ever make up for it. I like when
animals win�.
@KrownCityKing.
�Ppl just can't seem to get the difference between
wild & domesticated. A wild animal may be
"tamed" but it will NEVER be domesticated, which
takes generations of breeding for specific traits. A
wild animal will almost always revert to instinctive
behaviors they need� in the wild�.
@RigelwoodSr.
�My father had a Doberman when I was growing
up, truth be told he probably loved that dog more
than me. But I remember him telling me, you never
own a dog that you can't kill with your bare
hands, because he understood that in the end, it's
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