Hungry hippo! Fisherman escapes with his life after being chomped on by angry hippopotamus for 10-MINUTES
- Fisherman narrowly escaped when he was attacked by a hippopotamus in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
- Video shows the hippo effectively holding the man captive in the water for around ten minutes
- Mathew Wanjiuku escaped after onlookers scared the animal off by banging on metal sheets
This is the shocking moment a furious hippo attacked a fisherman and launched a violent ten-minute assault, leaving him bleeding and seriously injured.
Mathew Wanjiuku had jumped into Lake Naivasha in Kenya – home to some 2,000 hippos – to fish, but was caught off guard by the charging animal.
Mr Wanjiuku was effectively held captive by the hippo, and only managed to escape after terrified onlookers banged on metal sheets to scare it off.
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Attack: A photo shows the moment the hippopotamus opened its jaws to bite down on the fisherman near the shore of Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Painful: The huge animal, one of the dangerous in the world, bites fisherman Mathew Wanjiuku several times
Shocking video shows Mr Wanjiuku ending up under a fallen tree in an attempt to flee the oncoming hippo, but this instead traps him as the predator attacks.
The hippo can then be seen biting down on his arm, shoulder, and torso before finally disappearing after several minutes.
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The attack was witnessed by Frederico Genovese, 47, a photographer from Italy visiting the lake to capture wildlife.
Mr Genovese said: ‘I heard the indistinguishable sound of an advancing hippo behind the one guide. The hippo found a wide enough opening, allowing it to bite down.
Nowhere to run: The hippo held the man captive and unable to escape for ten minutes
Onlookers banged on a metal sheet to scare the huge mammal and eventually it moved off
Lucky escape: Mr Wanjiuku, seen while recovering in hospital, managed to escape the hippo and miraculously suffered no internal damage in the attack
‘Mathew was grabbed by the head and rattled, the hippo penetrated his ribs.
‘Stamping its feet and swinging its head vigorously, the hippo appeared to be trying to trample its victim.
‘Some helped to hold an iron sheet up so that others could bang on it with sticks to make noise, which after about ten minutes seemed to work as the beast moved off.
‘Mathew appeared from under the tree and fuelled by the fear of being attacked again, decided to make a dash for the safety of the shore. ‘
Mr Wanjiuku was rushed to hospital where it was miraculously discovered that he had only suffered external injuries. He has since made a full recovery.
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