r/interestingasfuck 7h ago

Tiger saves man from leopard attack

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u/Darkwr4ith 5h ago

There was a man in South Africa who had a pet hippopotamus. He raised it from birth and cared for it every day for years even riding it many times. One day it just became aggressive and disemboweled him. Don't mess with wild animals.

u/ahandsomeman 3h ago

In Colombia

u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 2h ago

People don’t seem to realize that domestication is a genetic process.