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Portrait Of Submerged Hippo

Masai Mara National Reserve

Kenya

East Africa

 

A hippo enjoying the water in the Masai Mara.

 

When looking at hippos that are vegetarian, one would never even think of them as dangerous.

 

Although hippos may look friendly, they are definitely one animal you do not want to cross. Easily frightened and extremely aggressive, hippos will not hesitate to attack a human, especially if one of its young babies is near.

 

Hippos pose the biggest threat to those living on the continent of Africa, there are 3,000 human deaths per year from hippos. More deaths than from crocodiles.

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Uploaded on April 16, 2020
Taken on January 19, 2015