Hippo swallows dwarf

Next time you see a tired hippo wandering down Stafford Street beware, especially if you're not very tall. It has been recently reported that a hippopotamus has swallowed a circus dwarf in a "freak accident" in northern Thailand.

According to a columnist in the Pattaya Mail – "A circus dwarf, nicknamed Od, died when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed whole by a yawning hippopotamus waiting patiently to appear in the next act."

"Vets said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which caused her to swallow. More than 1000 spectators continued to applaud wildly until they realised there had been a tragic mistake."

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