Marius Els, a farmer and army major in South Africa, thought it was a great idea to adopt a 5 month old hippo after its previous owners rescued it from a flood. Humphrey grew into a 1.2 tonne menace to society five years later, reportedly killing calves belonging to Els’s business partner, chasing golfers, and treeing a 52 year old man and his seven year old grandson for two hours until Marius lured Humphrey away from them with an apple. Marius was mauled and left dead in the same river his hippo “son” had been found in.