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Saturday 4th July 2009 - 14:15:04
A hot hippo got stuck in a water tower trying to cool down in South Africa.
The over-heated mammal had to be rescued after it climbed the 10ft high wall of a water tower, plunged into the cool liquid and got lodged in the narrow pool in Nelspruit, South Africa.
Fortunately for the animal, a farm worker noticed water spilling over the sides and on further investigation, discovered its nostrils poking out the water.
Hippo hunter Chris Hobkirk, a hydraulic crane and cage and a team of experts spent four hours getting the creature out of the tank.
They drained the water, encouraged the animal into the cage and eventually lifted it to dry land.
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