As Paul Templer set off to
lead a group on a kayaking trip down the Zambezi River, it seemed like just
another day's work. Then 27, Mr Templer was
the owner of a river tour business and had been taking people on trips along
the stretch of the Zambezi near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe for many years.
But just a few hours later
his life would be turned not only upside down, but upside down and head first
up to his waist in a hippopotamus's throat.
Hippos
are often portrayed as docile, friendly creatures who enjoy little more than a
good wallow in the mud. But this is far from the truth.
