This has to be the bravest hippo in the wild?!
Updated | By East Coast Drive
This brave hippo saved a wildebeest from being devoured by a crocodile.
Whoever came up with the term 'behaving like animals' clearly hasn't spent a day in the wild. The following footage shows that animal behavior can actually be quite admirable.
Read: Hippo caught on video roaming the streets of St. Lucia
According to Traveller24, a pensioner identified as Mervyn Van Wyk captured a hippo fighting off a crocodile, which was attacking a wildebeest.
The wildebeest was caught up in a tug of war with the crocodile before the heroic hippo bulldozed the reptile and the wildebeest was set free.
Watch:Hippo strikes back after lioness' attempted attack
Nature at its best!
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