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Hippo’s habitat in Sunset


Hippo’s habitat in Sunset
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Copyright: Ferran J Lloret (ferranjlloret) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 82 W: 57 N: 349] (1463)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon EF 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/125 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): East African Landscape, Mammals of Africa, Sunrise & Sunsets [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-08-19 5:14
Viewed: 442
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hippos spend most of their days wallowing in the water or the mud, with the other members of their pod. The water serves to keep their body temperature cool, and to keep their skin from drying out. With the exception of eating, most of hippopotamuses' lives—from childbirth, fighting with other hippos, and reproduction—occur in the water.
Hippos leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to 8 kilometers (5 mi), to graze on short grass, their main source of food. They spend four to five hours grazing and can consume 68 kilograms (150 lb) of grass each night. Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.[33] Hippos have (rarely) been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation. The stomach anatomy of a hippo is not suited to carnivory, and meat-eating is likely caused by aberrant behavior or nutritional stress.


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IUCN Red List
Other Hippo pictures
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This photo is taken in the lower Victoria Nile River in the Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. Original format.
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Hi Ferran,

I keep on coming back to this picture. It is ,to me, something of the essence of Africa. Nice composition and mood to the image. I can imagine after a hot day having a cold Tusker and watching the sun slip down.

TFS

Robin

This is a nicely exposed sunset image. The colors and atmosphere are super.

TFS
Evelynn ; )

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