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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:47 pm
by Flutterby
=O: =O:

Love those pics nan...did you borrow Dewi's tongue filter? =O: \O

Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:48 pm
by Dewi
=O: =O: =O:

Great pics Nan and everyone else. ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ \O

Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:52 am
by nan
Kruger, November 2009

a little bit... hairy =O:
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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:54 am
by nan
at the end of the S100 (nov. 2009)... not too much place and water :-?

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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:57 am
by nan
and this one, beside the road, still nov. 2009 in Kruger

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I stayed a long time, not too close, to see what will happen... nothing :-?

Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:00 am
by Flutterby
nan, we've also seen in a hippo in that little pool of water at the end of the S100. -O ;-)

Taken in 2008 on the H4-2.

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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:05 am
by Flutterby
Taken from the Olifants low-level bridge, October 2011.

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A very sore hippo. :-(

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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:22 pm
by nan
oups, birds have a lot of work :-(
nice ones Flutts ^Q^

Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:36 pm
by Amoli
- A common hippo’s hide alone can weigh half a ton!

- Male hippos will attack young hippos in the water, but not on land.

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- An adult hippopotamus can stay submerged for 5 to 6 minutes.

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- A hippopotamus can eat 100 to 150 pounds of grass in a night.

- A hippo’s tail is up to 22 inches long.

Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:55 am
by Amoli
Hippo - taken at Letaba river

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