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Post by dakota on Aug 30, 2006 19:28:10 GMT -5
 The people in front are from SD also. |
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Post by dakota on Aug 30, 2006 19:37:17 GMT -5
 This is what the hippos usually look like - staying in the water to keep cool |
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Aug 30, 2006 21:08:45 GMT -5
Are these pictures you took???
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Post by dakota on Aug 30, 2006 22:38:51 GMT -5
either me or someone with me - my camera
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Post by calsibley on Sept 1, 2006 21:00:41 GMT -5
Hello Dakota,
Too often we think of the hippo as a big comical buffoon. I've read that hippos kill more natives than any other african animal. Does that seem likely to you? I know they're much faster in the water than we might think they would be. What can you add to this? Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Post by dakota on Sept 1, 2006 22:29:20 GMT -5
They say that the hippos can run faster than a horse. Their mouths are huge and their teeth are unbelievable.
I think - and this is a personal observation not something from a book - that natives get very hungry. The hippos are huge and they could feed a lot of people if someone could bring home the bacon.
I have pictures of footprints in the mud of natives and the hippos together. I think the natives watch the hippos sorta like the croc's do (the crocs are almost always in the area with hippos).
The hippos are very protective of the little ones. If someone or something attempted to harm the small hippos they usually die.
The hippos come out of the water at night and feed on the lush undergrowth through the night. I suspect that may be the time the natives try their luck.
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