Hippo swims away from flooded Montenegrin zoo, shocks villagers by strolling past their homes

[icymist]

A hippo escaped from a flooded private zoo in Montenegro on Tuesday, shocking villagers who found her strolling near their homes.


Even more shocking, the zoo owner plans to wait a bit before trying to recapture the 2-ton hippo named Nikica.


Nikica escaped as heavy rains sent water flooding through the zoo, raising the water level in her pen and allowing her to swim over the top of the cage surrounding it. The 11-year-old hippo made her way to the hamlet of Plavnica on Skadar Lake in southern Montenegro, where she was still walking around Tuesday afternoon.


"When I got out from my house to feed my cow, I saw a hippo standing in front of the stall," said villager Nikola Radovic. "I thought I was going mad."


The massive animals, which spend much of their days submerged in water, are considered one of the most dangerous animals in the world.

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[HopeHoops]

1. Limbaugh can swim?

:shrug:

Who would have guessed? WTF was he doing in Montegegro anyway?

[icymist]

2. LOL!

:rofl:

[arthritisR_US]

3. HA! priceless :-) n/t

[shawcomm]

5. hah

:rofl:

[katkat]

4. I hope the hippo is okay

and is finding stuff to eat. Never should have been in a zoo.