"Hippopotamus tore my back on our honeymoon and my intestines spilled out"

A female hippopotamus attacked a newlywed couple canoeing in Botswana. The husband was severely injured, and his wife saved him with a punch. The rescue was delayed until morning.

Ten days after their wedding in Portugal, Samuel Mackay (31) and his wife Anna went canoeing in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. A female hippopotamus charged the boat, dragged Samuel underwater, and seriously wounded him. Anna punched the hippopotamus and freed her husband. Samuel suffered a torn back, exposed intestines, broken ribs and vertebrae, and internal organ damage. Rescue was delayed until morning, and he underwent surgery in a South African hospital, hospitalized for 19 days. The article tells the survival story from the couple's perspective and notes they do not blame the hippopotamus, which was defending its territory.