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This is the terrifying moment a charging hippo attacked a boat full of tourists by repeatedly biting on its outboard motor with its massive jaws. 

The boat tour was cruising down the Chobe River in Namibia on March 22 when it came across a pod of hippos bathing in the water.

Witnesses claim the skipper had approached the group from a 'safe distance' when suddenly a large, male hippo charged at the boat.

The skipper jumped into action and tried to facilitate an escape, but the boat was on the ground under shallow water, leaving it at the mercy of the huge marine mammal.

The hippo opened its huge mouth and began to chomp down on the boat's outboard motor, leaving the plastic surroundings cracked.

Jackie Boshoff, who was on the river tour at the time of the incident, says she 'actually couldn't believe what was happening in front of me'.