"Hello, Prudential? I'd like some extra coverage next week..."

[josquin]

This is not quite "hunting" but nerve-rattlingly exciting by any standard.

Man risks his skin in a hippo suit

...Dr Barr's aim was to collect hippo sweat samples, secretions with a unique molecular structure that not only gives hippos protection from Africa's searing sun but also contains an antiseptic so powerful it means even the severest of wounds inflicted through combat never get infected...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ma...VCBQWIV0?xml=/earth/2008/01/28/eahippo128.xml

Stuart

 

[carew]

I think he may need a large caliber rifle at some point. They can get nasty and he looks like a sitting duck to me.

 

[GB1]

I hear they're mighty vicious. Definitely a situation where you don't want to be undergunned. Maybe time to break out the 4 bore.

 

[josquin]

I think he may need a large caliber rifle at some point. They can get nasty and he looks like a sitting duck to me.

Mighty big duck...

I can't imagine wielding a .416 or .458 Lott inside the hippo suit! They didn't say so but I would be very surprised if there wasn't a suitably-armed PH standing by in case things went pear-shaped.

Stuart

 

[Pudelpointer]

Friggin' twit. What exactly is his point? That live hippo sweat is different than "been dead for about 30 seconds" hippo sweat? If he gets snapped in half, which is likely if he doesn't get hippo raped first, he will be martyred as a friend of wildlife. Will get what is deserved, I guess.