Hippos are Vegetarian

[Aaron Humphrey]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM, zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk> wrote:
>  A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand.
> According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was
> swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next
> act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that
> automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the
> hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the
> 1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated
> that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th,
> 1999)
>
> --
> zzapper

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp

Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
hoaxes, out of the library.

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