Survivor shares advice after being swallowed by hippopotamus.

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Survivor shares advice after being swallowed by hippopotamus.
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In 1996, Paul Temper, a safari guide in Zimbabwe, was leading a group down the Zambezi river when a hippo swallowed him up to his waist. He managed to escape after being briefly grabbed again by the hippo and was later rescued by one of the apprentice guides. His lung was punctured, and he had to have one of his arms amputated. Unfortunately, the guide he was trying to rescue did not survive.

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