Snake Eats Hippo

[DSGB]

not sure if anyone had seen this or not.

wow... thats all i gotta say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VryQDsx5Ad8

[ADEE]

its not a hippo.. but it doesnt matter what it is its huge! i wonder why it regurged its meal, perhaps being poked and prodded at?!

[DSGB]

wonder what it is then. maybe a cow... all i know is that looked like way to big of a meal. i wish i could eat an entire cow or hippo in one sitting so i wouldnt have to eat for another 6 months.

[cgrinter]

Hummm I don't know, it does look like a hippo calf to me...maybe a newborn, but still a hippo?

[Sunny1]

It's definately not a cow. I can't really tell because the video is kinda blurry, but it looks like a baby hippo to me. Could be wrong though.....

[2kdime]

I saw this a while back. I can't see the video. But I read about it.

They thought it might have been a person. So they poked and proded the snake till it regurged it.

I forget what they said it was. If I recall. It wasn't a hippo. But don't hold me to it.

[xdeus]

Tapir.

[catzeye21138]

My first thought was a wild boar but that is far too large. It might just be a very large tapir! I didn't think they got that big...

[jhall1468]

My first thought was a wild boar but that is far too large. It might just be a very large tapir! I didn't think they got that big...

Depends on the species, but most get relatively large. The Asian Tapir can reach 7+ feet and 700+ lbs, which could easily be confused for a baby elephant or hippo on a grainy youtube film .

It's almost a certainty that the snake is an Anaconda (at least to me, but it is late) which would suggest a Lowland Tapir. As adults they can still hit the 600 lb mark, so that's my uneducated guess .

[slartibartfast]

I think tapir was the conclusion last time this video was debated. The structure of the feet is pretty convincing.