KWS mistook rhinos for hippos and Twitter is thrilled
Kenyans on Twitter made fun of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) over a blonde tweet where the service mistook rhinos for a hippos.
The blooper was first noticed by blogger Robert Alai who took a screenshot and sought to embarrass KWS social media handlers. It has since been deleted.
How will they differentiate park visitors from poachers when they don’t know the difference between Rhinos and Hippos? @kwskenya pic.twitter.com/Oo28EvI806
— Robert ALAI (@RobertAlai) June 12, 2017
The service later apologised.
https://twitter.com/kwskenya/status/874238324998799360
This was after a hashtag #TweetLikeKWS where users erroneously captioned pictures of animals on purposes.
The hashtag had hilarious results.
This is a zebra
The Zebra in the wild stands tall above all the animals.#TweetlikeKWS pic.twitter.com/8EY1kO3Qsm
— TweetingPriest (@PadreMusa) June 12, 2017
Behold the lion
Lions are very social animals, females do all the hunting. But they are very dangerous#TweetlikeKWS pic.twitter.com/GClHrCrMAv
— Sewe Saldanha (@ClanSewe) June 12, 2017
Below are other hilarious responses:
Crocodiles are generally social. However, adult males will share territory with females, but drive off rival males. #TweetlikeKWS pic.twitter.com/oBy3Sk6KKL
— #AdventureThrills (@njooro) June 12, 2017
Leopards are nocturnal and spend their nights hunting. They also spend time in trees. #TweetlikeKWS pic.twitter.com/qy9wMFefpA
— #AdventureThrills (@njooro) June 12, 2017
Rhinos are speed machines They can run up to 30 – 40 miles per hour; the fastest human can run 15 miles an hour #TweetLikeKWS cc @kwskenya pic.twitter.com/utF3VMy9Uq
— Rayhab (@potentash) June 12, 2017
Buffalos are carnivores, they eat 100kg of meat per day. #TweetlikeKWS pic.twitter.com/SrD5nkznqI
— Eric Musau (@erickimanthi) June 12, 2017
