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Senegal - Hippopotamus

In Senegal, the hippopotamus is an endangered species.  They are said to be one of the most aggressive creatures globally, and they are the second-largest land animal.  In ten years, that is, between 2006 and 2016 in Gouloumbou, at least twenty-five fishermen were killed by hippos, and many more people were injured.

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