Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a couple people who were attacked by a hippo at a South African 'petting farm' and left a one-star review.
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00:00um we've had some stories lately about things going wrong on like animal safaris in foreign
00:09lands oh yeah every time you think about maybe hitting one of these
00:15something real tragic happens well two women left a one-star trip advisor review
00:25on a uh petting farm in south africa okay after a hippo can't pet a hippo guys threw one of them
00:35around like a rag doll and ripped another one of their stomachs apart she was left holding her own
00:42intestines oh god oh you can't pet a hippo guys it's like the most dangerous animal there is
00:47they are not a part of a petting zoo what in the world yeah were they letting them pet them yes
00:54oh yeah there's pictures of it oh my goodness but they left that on a trip advisor yes but then
00:59they went to trip advisor to leave a one-star review that their intestines were hanging out
01:02yeah that's quite a review oh you can't do what they're doing right here yeah because it'll just
01:06grab your arm and rip you in do you understand that that little wooden dock is nothing for that beast
01:12they're not friendly like i don't understand feeding them 39 year old natasha branny was with
01:19her cousin 62 year old belinda newman and claimed they were attacked by a hippo while visiting
01:25jessica's place in limp popo south africa it's a world famous nature reserve run by two people and
01:33it's home to two hippos 21 year old jessica and nine year old richie the woman claims that richie is
01:40the one the younger one attacked her and her cousin the two hippos i guess were rescued by this couple
01:44when they were young and they've lived like children in their house ever since oh my god
01:49what yeah and visitors are able to feed and give them back rubs no they're not back so she said as i
02:01got on my feet well richie charged out of the river i pushed her to the ground she tried to put her nails
02:07in his left eye to stop the attack but she said as i got on my feet he pushed me down again and proceeded
02:12to bite both my legs and throw me around like a rag doll he had both of my legs in his mouth
02:17biting harder every second oh my god richie started to carry her towards the river as she screamed for
02:23help yeah bring it on that's richie the old lady come on who didn't have a weapon thought she'd slap
02:30the animal to get him to stop that hippo turned around and then jumped on the hippo's back i'm riding you
02:38hippo riding time
02:42i got him
02:4562 year old woman jumped on the hippo's back
02:48here i go
02:49to try and get him to stop attacking the other woman
02:53he's a bucking bronco now that's when of course he turned on her oh sure pushed her to the ground
03:01and ripped her stomach to pieces my goodness but she just wrote about her experience on trip advisor
03:08giving them a one-star review she said myself and my cousin were brutally attacked by richie the hippo
03:14on the 14th of november we were rushed to the hospital after having several operations and infections set in
03:19only lies from the owners of the place i urge you not to put your family at risk the hippos are not
03:27tame and can attack at any time you should not try to pet them well i'm glad they did this hippos
03:33and you just walk by and go hey hippo what's up and you keep walking take a picture
03:38you wave from a distance you don't go up and pet the hippo and then ride it
03:43that's how you act at the zoo
03:44hey hippo what's up don't come near me or anything keep your distance
03:49well and that's how it's set up yeah that's how it's set up
03:53yes i mean i did see a man dangling his baby over an open hippo's mouth at the detroit zoo but
04:00what's going on what's going on hippo how you doing hippo how you doing what up girl you swimming
04:11you swimming around oh look at him eat that watermelon what's what you do
04:17didn't we all learn this when we were young just say what's up to the hippo
04:21the game they taught you hungry hungry hippo i never thought of that that's right
04:26they're hungry hippos that is where i learned hippo safety
04:31from hungry hungry yep hippo from hungry hungry hippos
04:35that's a game that's a game everybody should
04:39you know maybe at least hold on at least i never thought of this maybe there's been a serious decline
04:46and how many people played probably or that lady should have known she was in her 60s yeah but at 62
04:52maybe they didn't they didn't have hungry hungry hippo yet how old was the lady with her her cousin
04:58oh my god there's all sorts of people kissing the hippo and everything
05:02yeah don't make out with the hippo oh my god look at it who's this lady
05:06it's her pet this is this is the owner he's an ordinary hippo
05:11oh yes look at the kids about the story begins when disaster struck in hoodsprite south africa
05:18in march 2000 a flood swept the newborn hippo away from the safety of her mother
05:23onto tony and shirley zhubert's farm
05:26the zhubert's took her in and nursed her back to health
05:32an instant bond was formed
05:34jessica sees herself as our child she sees herself she opens the door she comes inside
05:41it lives in the house
05:42and the world wouldn't be the same without this
05:49yeah but where's richie
05:51yeah richie is
05:52that's the killer
05:54yeah
05:54jessica looks incredible
05:58jessica is not held in captivity
06:00in fact she comes and goes as she pleases
06:04and then yeah you can't tell the difference
06:05so you know i guess it is possible
06:08in the surrounding national parks
06:09but when the mood takes her
06:10she'll return to the farm to sleep on the veranda
06:13yeah but she's got her hippo bad boy friends
06:15that come by
06:16yeah exactly
06:17and you can't tell
06:18right exactly
06:19perhaps the most remarkable
06:20who and what's what
06:22yeah
06:22she's rolling her in danger
06:23what's up with these people around here
06:27they're my parents
06:29listen i'm gonna snap their legs
06:31no like seriously don't
06:34no i'm totally snapping
06:35please don't
06:36this is my mom and dad's business
06:38you're a hippo you know that
06:40yeah yeah
06:41but i'm like you know
06:43like a teenager
06:44hippo
06:46that's my parents
06:47i just want to snap their legs
06:49maybe eat their stomach
06:50i get it
06:51i mean i get it
06:52constantly petting me
06:54that one old lady tried to ride me
06:55well she deserved it i guess
06:58what is she supposed to do
07:00you're so big and strong
07:01i can't believe you let that lady
07:03wrap you in a blanket
07:04that's insane
07:06i know
07:07you're a weird hippo
07:08really weird
07:11don't judge
07:11we're gonna hang out
07:12richie come on
07:14richie's all emo
07:17richie's such a downer
07:23i tell you
07:24like he's so
07:25like oh i hate this place all the time
07:27we get like fed so much
07:29life is easy
07:32life is easy richie
07:34it would be cool to have them just come into your house like that
07:37if they were cool
07:38if they were cool
07:39if they were cool
07:40i guess so
07:41you
07:44like
07:45re-recommissioned
07:46and
07:46go
07:49hi
07:50t
07:52you
07:52and