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It was supposed to be just another excursion down the Zambezi River for travel guide Paul Templer. He'd been in the business for years, taking in the same scenery trip after trip – until he got a view he'd never forget.

Seventeen years ago, at 27, Templer was leading a group of clients and three apprentice guides down the river near Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls in kayaks when a male hippo he had encountered before attacked them.

"The solid whack I felt behind me took me by surprise," Templer wrote recently in The Guardian newspaper as part of an essay that has since captivated the Internet. "I turned just in time to see [apprentice] Evans, who had been flung out of his boat, flying through the air. His boat, with his two clients still in it, had been lifted half out of the water on the back of the huge bull hippo."

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Dogs, you're off the hook.

Months after we first started calling out canines around the world for their most indecent (and repeated) indiscretions in the online phenomenon that is dogshaming, it looks like it's someone else's turn to take a little Internet heat.

Introducing bunny shaming, an increasingly popular way for rabbit owners to air out their dirty laundry (often literally) on Facebook and Tumblr.

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This red panda is totally grounded as soon as his mom sees this.

While indulging in a meal of bamboo leaves, a red panda in Krefeld, Germany, got a little overzealous with his favorite tasty treat on Monday and completely forgot the cardinal rule at the dinner table. Despite a fully-formed, uneaten leaf still protruding from his mouth, the cute critter couldn't help but go in for another lick, chewing with his mouth open (gasp!).

Though we're normally partial to proper etiquette, we're inclined to let this red panda's behavior go on account of his un-bear-able cuteness.

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One, two, three, four – hit it!

A quartet of white tiger cubs born on March 16 at Japan's Tobu Zoo Park is gearing up to make their public debut in May. And from the looks of it, they're already in perfect harmony.

In a photo taken last Wednesday, the foursome is seen breaking into a simultaneous roar – to the delight of their audience, most likely. While it remains to be seen if the group can equally impress American Idol judges Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, they've certainly got our vote.

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Ladies and gents, this alpaca has officially learned a valuable life lesson: Always knock before you enter.

The motto comes in handy in office settings and, as this alpaca has come to realize, bedrooms.

We're just hypothesizing, of course, based on a facial expression that can only be described as a toss-up between shocked and horrified. At least that's the face we make when we walk in on anybody mid-wardrobe change.

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