Hippopotamus swallows ball, dies at Biblical Zoo

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Published: MAY 5, 2006 12:37

A hippopotamus at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo died of intestinal obstruction on Friday after swallowing a rubber ball that had been kicked into the hippopotamus pool by careless visitors, Israel Radio reported.

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