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Solly the hippo dies during rescue operation by reuters

He was so close!!!

Solly was stuck in a pool for three days after he was chased off by his herd in South Africa.

The hippo became an instant celebrity, receiving his own Twitter account and everything.

Rescues tried to rescue Solly and sprayed water on him to keep him cool.

Unfortunately, they were too late…and he died during the attempt.

R.I.P.

Tags: death, hippo, rescue, rip, sad sad, solly, south africa, wildlife

So sad….

As previously reported, an American tour guide suffered a gruesome attack at the Jane Goodall Institute in South Africa.

Now, after six hours of surgery, he has been placed into a medically induced coma.

Tags: andrew oberle, chimp attack, chimpanzee, gruesome, jane goodall institute, sad, south africa

Several new species were recently described.

There was a scary skull-faced sneezing monkey, a new mushroom species named after SpongeBob SquarePants and a worm that lives almost a mile underground named for the devil, the Devil Worm.

How did we miss all these creatures until now??

Tags: africa, monkey, monkeys, rain, researchers, science, south africa, species, survive

Johannesburg police received a tip on a Vietnamese man with illegal rhino goods.

And that tip paid off…unfortunately a bit too late for the rhinos.

Police forced their way into the man's apartment where they found a ridick amount of illegal property.

They seized ten rhino horns and an elephant tusk and they also found

Tags: arrest, hunting, johannesburg, poaching, rhino, rhino horn, south africa

The woman who was snacked on by two cheetahs is living to tell the tale about it.

And showing off the scars too…

Tags: attack, cheetah, injuries, kragga kamma game park, south africa, violet d mello, woman, zoo

Husband of the Year material?!?! Not so much…

Violet D'Mello was enjoying a South African wildlife park vaycay and leaned over to pet a "tame" cheetah.

Unfortunately, she didn't fair too well afterwards.

The cheetah began to maul the woman while

Tags: attack, cheetahs, husband, photos, south africa, violet d mello

And this is one BIG baby!

The Cango Wildlife Ranch welcomed a 5.1kg pygmy hippo named Harry to the world.

In the States, that's over 11 pounds!

This is exciting news as the pygmy hippopotamus is critically endangered

Tags: baby. harry the hippo, birth, hippo, hippopotamus, south africa