Hippos in Ruaha National Park

Admittedly hippos are low on my list of animals. Maybe it's the stubby legs. The enormous belly. The fact that they swoosh their tails to spray their excrement while pooping. Oh- or get this- they're known for killing people and their own babies.

Anyway! Enough hating on hippos. On the bright side, Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a really great word.

Here are some photos of Hippos in Ruaha (for those of you who lovingly mentioned that seeing my toes in the last post was a little less than thrilling)...

This is to give an idea of where our lunch stop was in relation to the water where the hippos were:

Those things that look like logs in the water are hippos! Sorry they look so tiny!

A pod. Male bulls can have up to, like, 30 ladies. This guy was not such a stud.

More photos from Ruaha to come. Elephants etc.

xo

Shannon