man climbs over guardrail at LA zoo and slaps hippo on the butt

[Demovictory9]

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Man-spanks-hippo-at-L-A-Zoo-video-hippopotamus-13155616.php


Police are investigating the unauthorized slapping of a hippopotamus' butt by a man who hopped over a barrier at the Los Angeles Zoo.

A video of the incident surfaced last week on social media, the Los Angeles Times reported. In the footage a man is seen sneaking over a guardrail and leaning into an enclosure before giving Rosie the hippo a loud smack on the buttocks. The spanker, obviously pleased with himself, runs off with arms raised.

Rosie doesn't move, but the slap appears to startle her mother, Mara, who raises her head.

Northeast Community Police consider the case a trespassing violation rather than animal cruelty.

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[mr_lebowski]

1. Lucky you aren't in Africa and these aren't wild hippos otherwise Rosie woulda

f***ed your shit up, moron.

Hippos are the deadliest mammals (to people) on the Continent of Africa, and ttbomk the only creatures that kill more people annually (on average) on the continent are poisonous snakes.

[GetRidOfThem]

8. hippos number one

The number two killers are water buffalo.

The reason why these animals are so dangerous, more dangerous than some of the cats, is because once they charge, they don't back down. I've talked to a safari guide in South Africa who has confronted leopards in the wild, and stared them down (he was armed and did not want to shoot). Can't do that with a Hippo or Water Buffalo...

[Midnight Writer]

2. Ha! Ha! Ha!. Harassing caged animals is so so funny! This guy is psycho cool!

[ZZenith]

3. Those hippos will slap back

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[Buns_of_Fire]

4. "Unauthorized." Do they issue permits for this sort of thing? nt

[0rganism]

5. "yes officer this is an authorized hippo-spanking"

"here's the work order for the spanking" (produces papers, hands them to bored zoo cop)

[Behind the Aegis]

6. What an asshole.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Why?

What an idiot.