Common Hippopotomus |
Hippopotamus amphibius |
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Mother with its young at Lake Baringo, Rift Valley, Kenya. Oct. 2016. |
These great animals spend much of the daylight hours submerged in river or lake water. There they leave massive quantities of dung derived from grasses and other plants grazed at night when they finally emerge from their aquatic realm. Hippopototamidae -- Hippopotomus FamilyMore Information: |
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