Show DANGEROUS ONLY IN PANIC PAN IC hippopotami will not attack man unless units impelled by unreasoning and blind fear the hippopotamus ta m uia w which h lc h a attacked t tac k ed sir john kirk an and d lt v in g oto n e w a 8 no doubt a bachelor speaking of the hippopotami of the chobe dav Ing stone says bays that as a certain elderly males are expelled from the herd they become soured in their temper and so BO misanthropic no as to attack every canoe that comes near them the herd Is never dangerous except when a can canoe oo 00 passes into the midst of it when all are asleep and some of them may strike the canoe in terror As a rule these animals flee the approach of man the solitaires aires alres how ever frequent certain cen localities well known to the inhabitants on the banks and like the rogue elephants are extremely dangerous livingstone learnt that when attacked by one you should dive to the bottom and keep there a few seconds since the hippo soon moves off if he finds nobody on the surface |