hippo

He had been a photojournalist then, charged with the unhappy task of filming the mating rituals of hippos.

There's hippos hanging out at a lake in Kenya, where a female apparently felt a boat of tourists was getting just a little too close.

The calf was kept away from the other hippos in the zoo for the first two weeks of her life, while she bonded with her mother.

"It was a young one as it is much smaller than the other hippos and always stayed close to its mother, " said Will, 26.

One of the only reasons you might see a conflict is if the hippos have young and they think the little ones are under threat.

We seem to have a lot of hippos around the house, I think both of my grandmothers had a thing for them.

This may help explain why hippo wounds rarely seem to get infected, even though Male hippos often fight.

Baby hippos are born underwater and must swim to the surface to take their first breath.

The island of hippos suddenly erupted with teeth and all I could see was the crocodile being repeatedly crushed in their huge mouths.

Nobody stayed to see the monkeys. And nobody stayed to see the seals, giraffes or hippos , either.

Photo of the Day: Animal Mothers and Babies A mother and her calf hippopotamus cool off in the "Land of the Surfing Hippos. "

Mouse deer are the smallest members of the animal family that includes pigs, hippos, camels, deer, antelopes, sheep and goats.

Over the decades poachers and desperate villagers raided the parks and decimated the populations of elephants, hippos, and lions.

Hippos do not ruminate, which means that they do not chew their cud.

The hippos seemed content to nuzzle alongside one another.

A mother and her calf hippopotamus cool off in the "Land of the Surfing Hippos. "

Raymond: Let's see? There're hippos, tigers, lions, ostriches, peacocks, camels, donkeys, wolves, foxes, deer. . .

On Mondays they take a shower, the hippos join the fun. Then watch TV with the fish, the week has just begun!

"One thing we know about the Herto people, they had a taste for meat, especially hippos, " White said, brushing some sand off a hippo skull.

Creature Comforts( 1989) had gorillas, bears and hippos speaking the words of human visitors to a zoo, with sad and hilarious results.

passengers are assured beforehand that hippos and crocodiles usually steer clear of fast water.

"composed of the elements philos " friend " and hippos " horse.

Fewer than 3, 000 of these hippos are left in the wild, inhabiting the lowland tropical forests of western Africa.

"World cup" set of quality glass, the friendship of Hippos.

This sprawl of wilderness is home to world's largest concentration of zebras, hippos and giraffes.

I have absolutely no idea why, but the crocodile suddenly raced across the backs of the hippos.

A handful of pink hippos have been recorded in Uganda but never Kenya.

But the unlucky beast's defences were no match for the raging hippos.

The hippos could swim well. It was getting dark.

Large cleavers (this one is 7. 5 inches long) and other flaked stone tools were used to butcher hippos.

Evelyn: Yes! Hippos are great hosts for other animals.

Christmas morning a decade later, and here I was back on that same beach, where hippos surf and buffalo sunbathe.

Baby hippos , tapirs , otters and penguins, and the dog of war .

Fly and have gone through the Museum of giraffes and hippos Museum.

Manhattan is short on two things, parking and hippos.

Hippos sometimes turn over boats.

The man who toyed with crocodiles, was scared shitless of hippos.

Hippos are singing. Hum! Hum! Hum!

Hippos only kill in self-defense.

Hippos live near rivers.

"Pigs are genetically related to particularly water-loving animals such as hippos and whales, " Dr Bracke said.

The hippos have big legs.

Last week to see the animal world hippos in Africa die every day than people who died of other animals combined.

Last month rangers caught 10 men, 6 of whom were hunting hippos.

How do you like a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nature's most luxurious full service, hippos' spas.

To give you an idea of how cute hippos are, we'd like you to have a look at this:

Female hippos reach sexual maturity at five to six years old and have a gestation period of eight months.

In the wild hippos are gregarious, and live in groups of up to 40

so castrating the male hippos is essential

Although hippos fertilizer Zhuangzhuang, and it runs faster than you

While the hippos swing from the jungle vines