A Travellerspoint blog  Attack of the Hippo  British couple
survive canoeing collision with Mad Max of the Zambezi  sunny 32
°C  Zambezi Correspondent Liam Stevens  A British couple have
survived a savage attack by a hippopotamus while canoeing on the
Lower Zambezi River in Zambia. Jennie and Jerry, from the
Cotswolds in Gloucester, were enjoying the early stages of their
overland tour from Victoria Falls to Dar es Salaam when the
incident occurred.  The couple were members of a tour group of
21 travellers and 5 guides who were engaging in a two day
canoeing trip along the Zambezi River, from Friday 25th January.
The group occupied thirteen canoes which were ostensibly
supposed to follow behind the lead boat in single file.
Reportedly however, formation dissipated quickly after launching
from the banks as the fleet chaotically paddled without order
and discipline despite regularly passing pods of hippos.  On the
first afternoon of the canoe trip, Jennie and Jerry’s boat was
attacked by the hippopotamus locall