An over-heated hippopotamus got stuck after clambering into a 10ft water tower to cool down in South Africa.After happily splashing around for a while, the animal found it could not get out of the pool again, reports Metro.
Luckily, a farm worker noticed water spilling over the side of the concrete container and spotted two enormous nostrils poking out of the tank.
He immediately rang for help and, within hours, rescuers arrived at the farm in Alkmaar, just outside Nelspruit.
Equipped with a hydraulic crane and a cage, hippo hunter Chris Hobkirk and his team from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Association set to work.
In a four-hour operation, they drained the tank and used poles to gently nudge the hippo into a 10ft steel cage before winching it to safety.
Mr Hobkirk, who has rescued more than 180 stranded hippos in the past six years, said it was a tricky procedure but he was glad with the outcome.
"Maybe we got lucky with this one. In the past, I have removed hippos from small dams. In those cases, the water levels have always been much lower so this was different." he said.
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