Dangerous pet turns on South African
(NEWSER) - They tried to tell Marius Els that a hippo couldn't be domesticated. Unfortunately for the South African farmer, they were right. The 40-year-old army major was killed by Humphrey, a 6-year-old "pet" hippo he considered one of the family, the Guardian reports. The 2,600-pound animal bit Els, who was known to ride on the hippo's back, before dragging him into the water and killing him. "Humphrey's like a son to me, he's just like a human," Els said earlier this year. More»