According to the Uganda Police Force, the child, identified as Iga Paul, was playing at his house in Rwenjubu cell, close to Lake Edward, on December 4 when the hippo grabbed him.
By scaring the hippo away with a stone and acting as a good Samaritan, Chrispas Bagonza was able to save the victim. According to the Ugandan police, the Hippo had already spit out the victim after swallowing half of his body by that point.
According to the police, this was the first occasion a hippo had left the lake and attacked a young child.
The kid was given a rabies shot and received medical attention for hand injuries at a hospital after the incident. He has since fully recovered entirely.
Police told residents of Katwe Kabatoro Town Council, which is located within Queen Elizabeth National Park on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to remain vigilant around hippos.
Although the hippo was scared back into the lake, Uganda Police warned that people living close to animal sanctuaries and habitats that wild animals are extremely dangerous. Wild animals automatically perceive people as a threat, and any interaction with them can make them behave strangely or aggressively.
According to National Geographic, hippopotamuses are the second-largest land mammals on Earth. They are known to be aggressive and have powerful jaws that can split a canoe in half.
500 people are thought to be killed by hippos each year in Africa.
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