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Young boy survives 5 nights lost in “unforgiving wild” of game park full of lions, hippos and elephants

Young boy survives 5 nights lost in “unforgiving wild” of game park full of lions, hippos and elephants

A young boy was rescued after surviving five days in a game park full of lions and elephants in Zimbabwe, a lawmaker in the east African country said this week. Mutsa Murombedzi, a member of Zimbabwe’s parliament, said in a Wednesday post on social media that Tinotenda Pudu had strayed into the Matusadona Game Park and ended up “sleeping on …

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‘I was up to my waist down a hippo’s throat.’ He survived, and here’s his advice

‘I was up to my waist down a hippo’s throat.’ He survived, and here’s his advice

CNN  —  Paul Templer was living his best life. He was 28 and conducting tours in his native Zimbabwe, with a focus on photographic safaris. He had been away for a few years, including a stint in the British army. But he had returned to Africa’s bush country “and fell back in love with it. The wildlife, the flora, the …

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