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Re: Hippopotamus - Animal of the Month: July 2013

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=O: =O:

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


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=O: =O: =O:

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


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Kruger, November 2009

a little bit... hairy =O:
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at the end of the S100 (nov. 2009)... not too much place and water :-?

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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 :-?


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

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A very sore hippo. :-(

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oups, birds have a lot of work :-(
nice ones Flutts ^Q^


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- 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.


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Hippo - taken at Letaba river

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