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Paul Templer was a travel guide who used to take tourists down the Zambezi River.

While in Zimbabwe, when leading a kayak tour group down the river near Victoria Falls, there was a hippo attack.

The hippo overturned the kayak of one of his clients.

As he went to help the tourist, he was suddenly attacked himself.

Before he knew what was going on, he realized he was headfirst, down the throat of a hippo!!

Tags: africa, amazing, attack, crazy, hippo, hippopotamus, man, river guide, scary, zimbabwe

First rhino and elephant tusk…now this?

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals claims that Zimbabwean poachers are looking rare anteaters

Tags: africa, anteater, asia, hunting, medicine, poaching, zimbabwe

Someone's got some explainin' to do!

The Donald Trump boys, Donald Jr. and Eric, are in big game trouble in Zimbabwe after their hunting trip turned fishy.

DJ and Eric are under investigating by Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force after it found out that the safari the hunters used is not recognized in Zimbabwe when their trip went public.

On their trip, the Trumps took down an elephant, an endangered leopard, a buffalo, a crocodile and other big game. And if their safari is found to be illegitimate, than that could mean BIG problems for the two brothers.

Donald Jr. defends his

Tags: africa, big game, donald trump jr, eric trump, hunting, legal matters, wildlife, zimbabwe

A minister in Zimbabwe has been accused by the police of being involved in poaching.

And the accusations are serious.

The police claim that his vehicle was used by a group of poachers who've been killing rhinos and are even accused of killing a wildlife ranger.

The minister said that he sold the car two years ago and was astonished over headlines basically implicating him directly in the poacher activity.

Three suspects accused of murder appeared in court last Wednesday.

They were found with $120,000 worth of rhino horns in their possession as well as the minister's car, which was still registered to him!

Seems pretty suspicious to us.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: accusations, involvement, minister, poaching, rhino, zimbabwe

At 4 a.m. in Zimbabwe, a man was caught having sex with a donkey tied to a tree.

Wow. That's disgusting.

At his trial, the man said to the judge:

"Your worship, I only came to know that I was being intimate with a donkey when I got arrested.

I had hired a prostitute and paid US$20 for the service at Down Town night club and I don't know how she then became a donkey."

Ummm… okay then.

He then also claimed that not only was the prostitute now a donkey, he believes he must also be a donkey, saying:

"I think I am also a donkey. I do not know what happened when I left the bar, but I am seriously in love with [the] donkey."

The man was charged with bestiality for the sex acts with the donkey (gross) and then ordered to be examined by two court psychologists (probably because he's freakin' crazy!)

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: arrest, bestiality, donkey, prostitute, sex, shapeshifting, zimbabwe

Not a celebrity or a politician or a person who found real fame and fortune after meeting the famed talk show host. Oprah Winfrey's all-time favorite guest is a woman, not an average one by any means, but one who, as Oprah puts it "encapsulates the essence of every lesson we’ve shared over the past 25 years."

On Friday's show, the last Friday show ever for Oprah, she revealed that her favorite guest of all time was Dr. Tererai Trent. A Zimbabwean woman who was denied an education all her life, was married at 11, had three children by 18, and whose husband beat her every day. It was her dream to leave her life behind, move to America for an education and earn a PhD. By the time she first appeared on Oprah two years ago, she had accomplished all those things.

As Dr. Trent and Big O regaled about their time together and Dr. Trent's harrowing life story, she revealed to O that her new dream is to build a school in her home of Zimbabwe, so other children could be privy to an education she wasn't. That's when Oprah had her look under her seat (proverbially) and announced she was donating $1.5 million to such a school built!

Trent cried. Oprah cried. The audience cried. The world cried. It was emotional. It was also the last time we'll all ever watch Oprah's show in its truest form. The finale is going to be epic in more ways that one, but this episode was what Oprah built her 25 years on. It was a nice way to go out.

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Tags: audience, finale, oprah, talk show, the oprah winfrey show, zimbabwe

Poor thing! This has become such a mess!

Recently eliminated X Factor contestant Gamu Nhengu, whose family is currently facing deportation from Scotland, reportedly has to fear for her life if she returns to Zimbabwe because of the attention her noteriety brings to the government!

She explains:

"I've been in the public eye now and people there know I've fled Mugabe's regime. They will punish us if we go back. They're going to know where we are. There's a firing squad waiting for us there and they're putting me in front of it. I'm a total mess. People want to know if I'm OK - well, I'm definitely not OK. I don't understand. I'm a good person, what have I done to deserve this? I feel so responsible I have put my family through all this. My two brothers have had to be kept out of school because they are so upset and it's all my fault. If I hadn't applied for the X Factor none of this would ever have happened."

Just awful. We can't imagine she could have anticipated all of this when she signed up for the competition!

Meanwhile, despite support from fans and her lawyer attempting to appeal the forced deportation, Labour leader Ed Miliband doesn't think anything can be done for Nhengu.

He explains:

"I feel very sorry for Gamu but I think you do have to have the proper rules enforced, you can't make an exception for someone because she was on the X Factor, so I think the authorities have to make their own decisions in the normal way."

What an incredibly difficult position to be in! Our hearts really go out to you, bb, and hopefully something can be done to help you and your family!

Please try and keep your chin up!

Your presence on X Factor touched so many people, and they are all rooting for you!

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