Hippo killed by speeding army truck in Kruger Park

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Hippo killed by car in Kruger

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Posted on Latest Kruger Sightings today:
Sadly early this morning a hippo was hit and killed on the H4-1 near Nkuhlu.

I'm not confirming that this was speeding, but I'd like to use this post to remind you to please drive slowly and carefully while in our game parks.

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Hmmm...

A car won't do that without leaving a heck of a lot of spare parts lying around. Maybe it was put down after an accident?

Could be similar to the dead hippo reported a month or so ago?


Very speculative, this! 0-


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a car 0- .... a big truck :-?


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The diesel trucks and army trucks drive at a very alarming speed, they whooshed past me a few times during my Kruger trip :-?
Yes, I do agree with RP that if it was a normal car or even a bakkie there would have been a wrecked car next to it but if a huge truck hit it then this would be possible...


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:-) :-) :-) :-)

so apparently the hippo was shot by poachers and not hit by a vehicle.......

:-? :-?


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yes, it's the most possible :-(


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I heard that about the hippo in Heskie's TR...this one as well? :-?


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leachy wrote::-) :-) :-) :-)

so apparently the hippo was shot by poachers and not hit by a vehicle.......

:-? :-?
Doesn't make 100% sense either?
Why would a paocher kill an animal on a road when he has a good chance of being caught?
Rather wait a few mins for the hippo to move into the bush and kill it then.

And if it was hit by a vehicle, even a lory, would there not be evidence?
A broken headlight even?


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Dzombo wrote:
leachy wrote::-) :-) :-) :-)

so apparently the hippo was shot by poachers and not hit by a vehicle.......

:-? :-?
Doesn't make 100% sense either?
Why would a paocher kill an animal on a road when he has a good chance of being caught?
Rather wait a few mins for the hippo to move into the bush and kill it then.

And if it was hit by a vehicle, even a lory, would there not be evidence?
A broken headlight even?
-O- -O- -O- -O-

perhaps the hippo attacked the poachers ?????

:-? :-? :-?

any other theories ??????

vampire bats, ???


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Maybe it was badly injured in a fight, and was moving away from the water, and collapsed on the road? -O-

A photo of the actualy injury might have shed more light on what actually happened.


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