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Demonstration of the stopping power of the french 8 mm M1886/93. Still from my father in law, pic shot by the Niger river, 1941 or 42.
The hippo was frightening the local population. As there was no Greenpeace then, it was disposed of by the French. The meat was gladly salvaged by the natives to supplement the monotonous diet.

 
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