One of the books I read by Peter Stiff (the guy who co-wrote Sealous Scouts Top Secret War with Lt.Col. Ron Reid Daly, the commander of the Scouts) made mention of a Rhodesian special forces operation being thwarted by some aggravated hippos.
The team was crossing a river in inflatables at night to infiltrate a guerrilla stronghold in Zambia if I remember right (read the book in the 1990s). They gained the attention of some hippos who started charging the inflatables every time they got too close.
The mission was called off and the team went back to base.
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