Watery Hippo Reflections

On our photo safari through Kenya and Tanzania, we saw countless magnificent animals whose beauty and stealth stirred in us incredible awe.

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Alas, the hippo was not one of them!

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Interesting these fellows are…and most definitely entertaining, but by no-one’s definition of charm would they be placed high on a list of the world’s beauties.

Driving through wild game reserves necessitated our remaining in the trucks most of the time. Danger was ever present as lions slid by close to our wheels and elephants stood nearby in angry disdain, looking as

 if they’d like nothing better than to charge.

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Hippo pools were one of the few places at which our driver allowed us to set foot on the savannah. There were some who regretted doing so one Serengeti evening…

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Too busy frolicking to pay us any heed, these lumbering beasts swam, played and fought at a frantic noise level one rarely hears elsewhere. But it was the stench that made a few of the less hardy scurry back to the truck.

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In the interest of remaining ladylike, I will not even mention what the brown stuff splashing about is…but it’s not water. I need only point out that hippos have a quite unorthodox way of greeting one another!

 

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Enough said…I am too easily able to visualize the look of  horror my mother would shoot my way, were she still here to read this post…:)

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(I think I know what kind of comments I'm going to get on this one!)

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Today, I’m linking this to three wonderful memes you would very much enjoy checking out…

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Watery Wednesday

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http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/
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Weekend Reflections

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http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/
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Camera Critters

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http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/

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