What you describe does happen. But this doesn’t seem like it was the case.
It seems more like they were trusting the guides too much. They were on a plant tour in a swamp. Probably runs weekly or something and had no issues. So the company got lax. The tour company is probably the real ones to blame.
Though… he did say he stopped to take a picture instead of getting the hell out of there. So he caries some blame. But likely he thought he was far enough away. Again, the tour company shouldn’t have taken them anywhere near that hippo.
What you describe does happen. But this doesn’t seem like it was the case.
It seems more like they were trusting the guides too much. They were on a plant tour in a swamp. Probably runs weekly or something and had no issues. So the company got lax. The tour company is probably the real ones to blame.
Though… he did say he stopped to take a picture instead of getting the hell out of there. So he caries some blame. But likely he thought he was far enough away. Again, the tour company shouldn’t have taken them anywhere near that hippo.