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Chobe river, Botswana
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in golden light
Okavango Delta, Botswana
November 2016
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Chobe, Botswana
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I find hippos one of the most rewarding subjects to photograph in the wild. Especially when you are on a boat, they give you lot of photo opportunities.
This one was taken on the Zambezi in Zambia way back in 2017.
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When hippos yawn they make a sound like a laugh, far from being a sign of happiness, it is believed to be a threatening sign. Perhaps the second hippo (the one not yawning) in this shot is being warned, if not seen off. I took this shot at dusk on the Chobe River in Botswana's Chobe National Park.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the inter-action between species. One day in the Greater Kruger Park, we saw a lonely hippo with turtles on his back in a dam.
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on an island in the Chobe river, Botswana
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on the banks of the Chobe, Botswana
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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CHOBE (BOTSWANA)
Chobe Park or Chobe National Park is well known as one of the best wildlife parks in the world.
The gateway to Chobe is Kasane, a small town sandwiched between the Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibian borders and the Chobe National Park.
Single Hippo in the mostly dry riverbed of Luangwa River
North Luangwa N.P, Zambia
A find from the archives,
just as a little break from all the autumn colours ... ;-))
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Hippopotamus, also called hippo or water horse, amphibious African ungulate mammal. Often considered to be the second largest land animal (after the elephant), the hippopotamus is comparable in size and weight to the white rhinoceros and the Indian rhinoceros #natureworldadventures
Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) mom - "Funani" whose name means “desire” in Zulu, weighs about 3,600 pounds. She came to San Diego from the Knoxville Zoo in 1995. In February 2020 Funani gave birth to a daughter—her 13th calf, and her 9th born at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable
... and just imagine that it’s one of the most dangerous creatures in Africa
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Adult male hippo yawns wildly in front of another, Upper Shire valley, Liwonde National Park, Malawi, Africa
The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo is semiaquatic, inhabiting rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps, where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of five to thirty females, their young, and a few young adult males.
During the day, they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grasses.
Female hippos reach sexual maturity at five to six years and have a gestation period of eight months.
"Yawning" serves as a threat display. When fighting, male hippos use their incisors to block each other's attacks and their large canines to inflict injuries.
River hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa. Conservation status: Vulnerable
livinginsecondlife.blogspot.com/2022/06/hippos.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvsQ9hYKq7c
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It was just another day on the African savannah, where the local tortoises were busy making friends. Our adventurous little tortoises (I think torti would be a better name for the collective ;), our adventurous little torti decided that walking and swimming is highly overrated and instead opted for the ultimate VIP transport: the tortoise taxi & hippo ferry service. No doubt, they enjoyed the scenic views and gentle swaying as their obliging friend ferried them across the waterhole. Who needs Uber when you have a hippo?
I know this isn't the greatest photo, but it was another very memorable safari moment in Sabi Sands. I love seeing species interact like this :)
Canon EOS 6D - f/6.3 - 1/80 sec - 100 mm - ISO 4000
- challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: Ceramic
- part of a small collection (36 x) of Hippo's, made of ceramic, metal, wood or glass.
This ceramic one's mouth is 2 cm wide
Some more hippo's from the collection in the first comment.