Mother Hippo, Defending Baby, Attacks Zoo Keeper
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ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis zoo employee was in stable condition Saturday after being attacked by a mother hippopotamus that apparently was defending its newborn baby, a zoo official said. Rick Coonrod, 47, had surgery for a fractured right leg after the hippo stomped on it and bit his arm, the official said.
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