Run, Nikica, Run! ...err swim? wade? float? wallow?

[Dave Korn]

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.

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  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