Why Do We Never Eat Hippo Meat ?

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You've eaten cow, chicken, pig, fish — almost everything. So why not hippo?

In 2011, a Zambian village found dead hippos and ate the meat. Within weeks, 511 people were infected with anthrax. Five died.

This video breaks down the real reason hippo meat never made it onto humanity's menu — the danger, the disease, the biology, and the ancient risk calculation your ancestors were running long before you were born.

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