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A 27-year-old tour guide survived a hippo attack that killed his colleague and cost him his arm.
A 27-year-old Zambezi River tour guide, Paul Templer, survived a rare and violent hippo attack near Victoria Falls in 2026 after being swallowed and mauled by a territorial bull hippo.
The attack, which occurred without warning, left him with nearly 40 bite wounds, a crushed chest, and the loss of his left arm.
He was briefly unconscious and thrown into the air before being released.
Fellow guides rescued him using food wrappers to seal his chest wound, preventing fatal lung collapse.
A nearby medical team stabilized him for surgery.
His colleague Evans was killed and found days later.
The incident highlights the extreme danger posed by hippos, known for their aggression, powerful bites, and speed on land and in water.
Un guía de turismo de 27 años sobrevivió a un ataque de hipopótamo que mató a su colega y le costó un brazo.