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Kenya's Lake Baringo:

Surviving hippo and crocodile


attacks
From BBC News

With Climate Change taking a great toll, to many countries,


Kenya was one of which to fall victim. Lake Baringo, in
Kenya’s rift valley, is one of the countries’ biggest freshwater
lakes. Popular among the fishermen, their boats are usually
found scattered around the lake as the sun casts it’s rays on the
waters. However, over the many past years, great disaster
unfolds. The water levels are gradually increasing. Creating a
disaster for a list of things. Yet, arguably, a few of the most
important points of this disaster is the unbelievable burst of
the population of crocodiles and hippos. Not only this, but, the
steadily increasing water levels are also instructing the area
for buildings and community possessions. With these points,
Lake Baringo is becoming ever so dangerous. Many incidents
occur because of the increase of crocodiles and hippos such
as, Joseph Atuma’s incident where one evening of 2018, a
hippo tore through his canoe, ripping part of his left leg off.
He then stated that he had been fishing in Lake Baringo since
the age of 5, and despite a few encounters with both
crocodiles and hippos, he was never attacked until then.

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