800 pink hippos sighted off southern coast of uk

[Ross Boulet]

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> [*]  And, on the "hippos are dangerous" theme, not only
> can they run thirty
> miles an hour, not only do they weigh two tons, not only
> can they bite off
> your arm, step on your toes while ballet-dancing in tu-tus
> and fall out of the
> sky onto your head from a great height.... but now we also
> have to worry about
> their eyes coming off and little kids swallowing and
> choking on them or
> getting stuck with the sharp pins used to hold them in!

In addition to those dangers, it now seems they are capable
of knocking containers off a ship and using the contents to
camouflage an amphibious assault on the southern coast of
the UK.