Hippopotamus

Post by **Flutterby** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:47 pm

Love those pics nan...did you borrow Dewi's tongue filter?

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Post by **Dewi** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:48 pm

Great pics Nan and everyone else.

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Post by **nan** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:52 am

Kruger, November 2009

a little bit... hairy

Post by **nan** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:54 am

at the end of the S100 (nov. 2009)... not too much place and water

Post by **nan** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:57 am

and this one, beside the road, still nov. 2009 in Kruger

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

Post by **Flutterby** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:00 am

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.

Post by **Flutterby** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:05 am

Taken from the Olifants low-level bridge, October 2011.

A very sore hippo.

Post by **nan** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:22 pm

oups, birds have a lot of work

nice ones Flutts

Post by **Amoli** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:36 pm

- A common hippo’s hide alone can weigh half a ton!

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

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

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

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

Post by **Amoli** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:55 am

Hippo - taken at Letaba river

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