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Run, Nikica, Run! ...err swim? wade? float? wallow?
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: The Buoyant and Free-Roaming Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:15:51 +0000
- Subject: Run, Nikica, Run! ...err swim? wade? float? wallow?
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8456298.stm
> Hippo escapes from Montenegro zoo
>
>
> A female hippo, Nikica, is on the loose in a village in southern Montenegro
> after escaping from a flooded zoo.
>
> The two-tonne animal, considered one of the world's most dangerous,
> reportedly swam over the wall of her pen during heavy flooding in the
> Balkan country.
[ ... more ... ]
Accompanied by video of a surprisingly placid and content-looking hippo,
considering that water can't be at anything remotely like African temperatures.
cheers,
DaveK