A hippo tops a list of the weirdest things Autoglass customers said were the cause of windscreen chips and cracks in 2016.

The vehicle glass repair and replacement company asked customers to reveal the wackiest things to damage their windscreens in the past year, unearthing a peculiar array of projectiles and damage-causing debris including bouncing onions, innocuous tiny sweets and a coconut.

Here’s this year’s top ten:

1. A hippo falling on the screen
2. An inquisitive safari park camel
3. A rogue cooking oil drum
4. A misguided attempt to hoover car park tickets off the screen
5. A toddler’s temper tantrum
6. A dare-devil bee
7. A rare meteorite shower
8. A squirrel holding a hazel nut that landed nut first
9. Flying fish
10. A ‘heron-dous’ experience with a fast recovering heron with an odd flight path

On a more serious note, this year’s data revealed that the most common cause of unexpected damage is stones and loose road surfaces (29%), with many screens falling victim to chippings from roadworks. This is followed by general mishaps (25%), ‘mysterious’ cracks which appear without warning often due to temperature changes (16%), animal-related damage (15%) and relatively rare occurrences of vandalism (5%).

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