I had a client last year who shot a hippo that managed to die right in the middle of the river...... I told the client my normal thing in these situations which is, I'll go in with the trackers and recover your Hippo and you can stay on the bank - but the deal is that you keep watch for flatdogs and if you see one threaten us, you shoot it - if it manages to grab me and you can't shoot it, then you shoot me.

So there I was, up to me chest in water and working my ass off and after about an hour and a half I looked over to check on the client and the bugger was sat there in the sunshine reading a book!

....... very bloody reassuring!!!!!