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World Hippo Day

World Hippo Day

Each year, World Hippo Day on February 15th provides a special day to celebrate the world's third-largest mammal. There is only one continent in the world you can find a hippo, Africa, and there are only two species of hippos on the planet.

A hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, raises its head out of the water and opens its mouth, splashing, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa - 1174-8153

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Seronera, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa - 741-5909

A pod of hippos, Hippopotamus amphibius, rest in a water hole, one yawning, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa - 1174-9233

Adult hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), bathing at sunset in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, Africa - 1112-4970

Adult hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) bathing at sunset in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa - 1112-4971

Adult hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius), bathing at sunset in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, Africa - 1112-4973

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in shallow water among lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa - 764-1400

Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa - 772-3569

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Lake Jipe, Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa - 741-5986

Hippopotamus (Hippopatamus amphibius), yawning or threatening adult, St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa, Africa - 832-373597

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Troop in Mara River seen from drone, Masai-Mara Reserve, Kenya - 860-287673

Gnu Herd - 1172-2324

Herd of Hippopotamuses, (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa - 765-1209

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Luangwa River, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa - 832-389233

Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) with open mouth, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa - 832-383926

Head of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) eyeing camera in water, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya - 1116-47937

Kenya, Masai-Mara game reserve, Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), in water lettuces - 860-286643

Adult hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) at night in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa - 1112-4416

Hippo spraying water in a pool, Maasai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa - 1315-25

Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Chobe River, Botswana, Africa - 743-1582

Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) yawning, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa - 743-1581

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa - 764-5889

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) mother and calf, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa - 764-4118

Photographed from a boat - 860-286908

Adult hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius), bathing in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, Africa - 1112-4965

Hippopotamus, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africacurves adjustments, medium vignette - 772-3575

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) sparring, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa - 764-5601

Two hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the river, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - 832-369036

Hippos arguing (Hippopatamus amphibius) in the water, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, National Park, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Africa - 832-379521

Hippos basking on the banks of the Mara River Hippopotamus amphibius - 817-191345