| The first explorers who saw the hippo first called | | | | roughly 50 yards away while they are in the |
| it a sea cow and hunted them because they have | | | | water. Someone chooses a bull and then walks up |
| vast amounts of meat and fat on them. One of | | | | to the river bank waits for the bull to raise its |
| Africa's fully grown adult hippos can weigh around | | | | head from the water and then just simply shoot |
| 2 tonnes, but do not let that weight fool you | | | | it and the hunting mission is accomplished. |
| because they can run 20 kilometers an hour with | | | | The dead hippo normally floats to the surface of |
| their ivory tusks that are around a metre and a | | | | the water within a half an hour. After this, at a |
| half long. | | | | suitable time with no other hippos around it is |
| Unfortunately, because of it's attitude when it | | | | dragged to the bank. The most common shot |
| comes to the hippos territory it is the animal in | | | | made to kill the hippo is to the brain because once |
| Africa most responsible for human deaths even | | | | you shoot it in the brain you do not have to |
| more then crocodiles. They even attack boats | | | | worry about it being dead or not. Right between |
| canoes and humans that find themselves in their | | | | the two eyes is the best area for a hunter to |
| territory. But if you respect their territory they | | | | aim for. The best countries to go to for hippo |
| will mind their own business and just float in the | | | | hunting safaris are Zambia, Zimbabwe, |
| water. | | | | Mozambique, and Botswana. You can go to South |
| The hunt for the hippo is not a difficult task at all. | | | | Africa however unfortunately it is rather |
| 90% of the hippos that are killed are shot from | | | | expensive compared to the other places. |