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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:47 pm
by Flutterby
Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:48 pm
by Dewi
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
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
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
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.
Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:05 am
by Flutterby
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
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.
- 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.
Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:55 am
by Amoli
Hippo - taken at Letaba river