Hippopotamus amphibius

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http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150116-...r-cannibal 
 
Dr Dudley made the first ever record of hippos eating meat at Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe in 1995. Since then he has been collecting evidence of hippos eating impala, baby elephants and even their own kind. While the cannibalistic incidents still number fewer than a dozen, they have occurred across the animals’ range, from South Africa to Uganda.
“If carnivory is driven by dietary deficiencies in hippos then they may become more dangerous during droughts or other times when their access to food is restricted and trying to understand if this is the case will be important,” said Leejiah Dorward who studies the interaction between poor communities and their environment.
 
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