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The Hippo Strike

The common hippopotamus, or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, they inhabits rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps. The hippopotamus is among the most dangerous animals in the world as it is highly aggressive and unpredictable. Here also this hippo got angry with the Wildebeest Migration, the amount of sound they were making really made him mad and he came down to shoo them away. Sometimes these hippos get go mad that they end up killing the wildebeest in anger.

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Date Taken: 10.2018
Date Uploaded: 08.2020
Photo Location: Kenya
Copyright: © THOMAS VIJAYAN