Hippo capsizes boat and attacks ranger who manages to cheat death

This is the terrifying moment a hippopotamus flipped a boat, throwing a ranger into the water as his father helplessly looked on from a nearby raft. The incident occurred in a dam in Lowveld, South Africa , at Kruger National Park. Members of The Digital Ark, a conservationist group, were attempting to catch the hippo and its calf which had escaped from a farm due to recent flooding. They were going to shoot the animals with dart guns to they could safely transport them back to their home However, chaos ensued when Zander, a conservationist on a boat, was suddenly launched into the water after the enormous hippo flipped the vessel from underneath.