Driving through some brush near the wetlands we turned a corner and surprised the daylights out of one unsuspecting hungry Hippo. Poor guy, we didn't mean to interrupt his supper. Had just enough time to get one shot off before he did a Warner Bros cartoon style runner into the distance. We half expected to see a puff of smoke as he disappeared. Nothing worse than running on a full stomach!
Did you know...
- Hippos can run up to 40km per hour (as demonstrated above...)
- Hippos are the #1 killer in animal-human related deaths.
- Hippos travel up to 30km in search of food.
- Hippos spend their day in the water to keep from getting sunburned.
- The female Hippo will keep a male baby away from the pod much longer than a female baby, to try and prevent the male bulls from killing it.
- The more you know..... ;-)
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