“The hippo had been in the road for about 20 minutes before the police turned up.” The town in Denbighshire is one of the biggest areas in North Wales with a population of 25,000.

Even the king of the jungle can have a bad day when trying to cross a river guarded by an aggressive hippo. Three lions found out the hard way that this river crossing was a giant hippo’s territory.

But encountering a real-life hippo in the wild ... Despite this enormous size, however, hippos are herbivores and aren’t ...