Despite the prohibitions of the zoo not to feed animals in cages, one of the visitors fed the hippo a whole pack with popcorn.
The incident occurred at the Nanchang Zoo (Jiangxi Province, China), This was reported by the Daily Mail.
A witness said the offender climbed through the fence and threw a prohibited product into the jaws of the animal. It was not just some expired fruit or vegetable, but a whole packaging of sweet popcorn.
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At first, the man tried to throw a handful of this treat to the animal, but the popcorn didn’t reach the hippo. Then he decided to give him everything immediately – I did not regret for the sake of such an event.
The video was published on Weibo, which caused a huge indignation of its users. As you know, plastic containers decays within 1 thousand years. And this means that once in the animal’s body, the package may become stuck in the intestines and lead to death.
Zoo caretakers have already turned to veterinarians to examined three hippos living in a zoo. Presently no health problems were detected in mammals.
Due to the same negligence in 2015, they died at the Shanghai Zoo three deer.
