HIPPOS VS HUMANS | Africa's Deadliest Predators | Carters WAR

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This is the story of wildlife investigator Ivan Carter's journey to Africa's Zambezi River to challenge the established fact that the hippopotamus is the continent's deadliest and most aggressive killer. The local fishermen of Chunga village insist a rogue bull is terrorizing their livelihood and must be executed, but Carter finds little evidence of a bloodthirsty animal. Instead, he attends a funeral and questions witnesses, learning that while a hippo may have caused an incident, the actual cause of death was drowning, not a direct attack. To find the truth, Carter travels to South Africa to interact with gentle, habituated hippo bulls, leading him to believe their famous aggression is a reaction to human encroachment. He performs two high-risk field experiments: floating an unmanned canoe over a wild hippo and personally wading into the animals' territory. His conclusion is a shocking one: the hippo is not inherently seeking conflict; the tragic deaths are a result of people ignoring the animal's territory, making the hippo a victim of human circumstances. #hippo #apexpredator #wildlife