This is the terrifying moment a hippopotamus flipped a boat, throwing a ranger into the water as his father helplessly looked on from a nearby raft. Members of The Digital Ark, a conservationist group, were attempting to catch the hippo and its calf which had escaped from a farm due to recent flooding. However, chaos ensued when Zander, a conservationist on a boat, was suddenly launched into the water after the enormous hippo flipped the vessel from underneath. 'During this darting operation, the hippo charged and flipped our boat, throwing a team member into the water and capsizing the vessel completely. In March 2024, a large hippo in the Chobe River in Namibia attacked a large tour group on a boat.

Source: Daily Mail February 26, 2026 20:27 UTC