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Discover the Enchanting Wonders of Amboseli National Park in Kenya
Discover the Enchanting Wonders of Amboseli National Park in Kenya
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Breathtaking Views and Unique Ecosystem
Abundant Wildlife Encounters
The Cultural Tapestry of Amboseli
Interesting Facts and Conservation Efforts
Engaging Activities and Excursions
Insider Tips and Travel Essentials
Conservation and Sustainable Practices
The Magic of Amboseli Awaits
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Monday 15 October 2012
Africa River Horses: Hippopotamus trails towards the Nile Rivers
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The beautiful African elephants holds the list as the biggest land mammal then followed by the great endangered white rhinos.
Size of the biggest hippopotamus in the world:
For all those who have seen hippopotamus in the wild, the hippopotamus are just very huge animals. as clumsy and as fat as they look, these beautiful creatures and especially the Nile hippopotamus can grow up to 15 feet long. That's as long as any small car in the world and as far as the hippo's weight is concerned, its a hippo fact that the males are heavier than females, weighing up to 8,000 pounds. Nile hippos stand from four and a half to five and a half feet tall and guess what, these top ten world's most dangerous hippopotamus weigh about 4000 kgs.
Beautiful Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius), partially submerged, with cattle egret perched on its head, Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. Pic @Scotch Macaskill |
attacking the hippopotamus on the back as part of a symbiotic relationship where by the oxpecket depends on the hippopotamus for food by picking ticks and other parasites from the hippopotamus or just having a ride with the hippopotamus, the giant hippo is always happy for having a bird which in the end makes it live longer. one amazing about hippopotamus is that its not just the birds which do the cleaning of the hippopotamus.
When the hippopotamus are swimming or just in the water resting, fish in the water take the chance to nimble whatever parasites and insects that might be stuck on the hippopotamus body.
Other amazing dangerous animal pictures and hippopotamus videos made are about the amazing relationship between the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus): while they are in the same dangerous lakes and rivers of Africa. well there are times when some of the Nile crocodiles have been attacked by these massive hippopotamus but nature has its own ways of keeping these world's most dangerous animals to co exist together in harmony.
Why do we have hippopotamus attacks around the world?
The information they get about the hippopotamus is very important as they tend to take memories with them and as a result its the onset of the hippopotamus awareness that needs to be imparted in many of the animal lovers and some who wish to be animal or hippo enthusiasts as well. While a lot is still being done on the plight of the hippopotamus around the world, some of the hippo species around the world are still on the verge of extinction.
The pygmy hippo which is only found in West Africa has seen many of its numbers dwindle due to the continuous illegal hippopotamus poaching and the luck of hippopotamus protection and conservation mechanism which is one of the biggest problems faced with hippopotamus and many of the endangered animals round the world. Its about time people realize that it takes a lot of helping hands and resources to protect hippos and all the animals that stand to benefit in the hippopotamus habitat as well so that something about the hippopotamus can be done in order to save these great river horses of Africa and of the worlds most important zoos as well.
The beautiful hippopotamus population is declining as the number of hippopotamus attacks also keep on going down as many of the hippopotamus in the Africa continent are located in agricultural, mining and forests regions and many of the African lakes and rivers where natives depend on their land for agriculture while some come to the lakes and rivers of Africa to collect water, irrigate their land and also become victim of circumstances while travelling in these treacherous infested hippopotamus and crocodile great lakes, rivers and dangerous waters.
The home and habitat of the Hippopotamus of Africa
The amazing this is that all hippopotamus will graze in the same are and look for food miles away and way back to their resting ground.
Some hippopotamus attacks making the news around the world.
September 06 2012. Kenya Standard Digital. MAUREEN ODIWUOR. Death toll in hippo attack rises to six
Four more bodies were recovered at Goye Beach, Siaya County, bringing the death toll following a hippo attack to six.
The bodies were found Wednesday morning in Lake Victoria, while the other two had been retrieved the previous day.
Four people survived the incident where a hippopotamus attacked 10 fishermen on a boat on Sunday night. The hippo broke the boat into two.
September 12, 2009. AFP. Hippo kills poaching soldier
Kinshasa - A hippopotamus killed a member of Democratic Republic of Congo government forces at Virunga National Park while he was fishing illegally, a local environmental NGO said Saturday.
Bantu Lukamba of the IDPE non-governmental organisation told AFP that Private Sebagendi was killed on Thursday when he was fishing along with five other people on Lake Edward in spite of a fishing ban.
"As he could not swim he was devoured by the hippo which had earlier overturned their boat," he said adding that the incident was the first of its kind in the park which covers an area of 790 000ha.
Usually, "they (the military) shoot at the animals," he said.
According to Unesco the park which borders Uganda comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, ranging from swamps and steppes to the snowfields of Rwenzori at an altitude of over 5 000m, and from lava plains to savannahs on the slopes of volcanoes.
Mountain gorillas are found in the park, some 20 000 hippopotamuses live in the rivers and birds from Siberia spend the winter there, the United Nations cultural organization said on its website. IDPE said "at least 18 animals including seven elephants, four hippopotamuses and a lion were killed in the park between late August and early September".
August 15, 2012. Lunga Biyela, News24. The Witness. Man recovering after hippo attack
Anthony Swatton, a mechanic with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, was attacked on July 12 in his back yard in St Lucia on the KZN North Coast.
His left leg was amputated halfway up his shin.
Swatton’s sister, Carrie Cunningham, told The Witness from her home in Hilton that the family had received a lot of support.
Her brother has been recuperating at Netcare The Bay Hospital in Richard’s Bay.
In an interview last week, Swatton said he went outside when he heard his dog barking and encountered the hippo.
He described how the animal threw him into the air, breaking three of his ribs.
It also took a bite out of his left leg, cutting through flesh and bone. The attack ended only when Swatton punched the animal on its head.
Swatton’s family has been raising funds to help his rehabilitation.
August 03, 2012. World's oldest hippo dies aged 62
Hippos typically live no more than 40 years in the wild and about 50 years in captivity Photo: Richard Du Toit/Minden/Solent |
Donna had lived most of her life in the small town of Evansville, Indiana at the Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden.
Donna was born at what is now the Memphis Zoo in 1951 and arrived at Mesker Park on August 7, 1956.
She had eight offspring with her mate Kley and had lived at the zoo longer than any of the current staff have worked there.
Hippos typically live no more than 40 years in the wild and about 50 years in captivity.
Why do such dangerous Hippopotamus attacks take place?
With all the information people have about hippopotamus among the local or the natives where these hippos are located, people always take it for granted that accidents do happen and are always careful not to come in contact with these hippos but sometimes you just find yourself in the midst of a hippo and you just have to run for your life otherwise you have to fight the hippo using your wits and skills. The African Nile hippopotamuses were found in abundant across the beautiful African continent.
These great wild animals were mostly located where there was ample natural water for the hippopotamus to cool themselves off from the scorching heat of many of the African habitat and because of the plenty rich natural grass found in the African Savannah habitat for grazing. Do you really know the reason why the hippopotamus is becoming endangered? Hippopotamus hunting for its meat as a source of protein to the natives and as a very lucrative trade of the hippopotamus teeth in the world market.
The endangered dangerous Hippopotamus are good swimmers
At the same time you just wouldn't want to stay longer in the African jungle just to wait and see a hippopotamus coming out to graze at night. These are just some of the hippopotamus facts for those who would rather have a lion safari instead of the river horse.
As far as the hippopotamus are concerned, the female hippopotamuses always attack the male hippos that come close to the baby hippopotamus. The only way a hippopotamus can prevent such a deadly attack to take place is just by submission.
Hippos with their running speeds
The amazing Myth about the Hippopotamus Blood sweat
Do hippopotamus really sweat blood? By the way is it bad if such thing for the hippopotamus to do. With all the animals in the wild having their own ways to blend with the environment and to be able to survive, its just one way of being the food web and part of the food chain in every natural habitat`. The hippopotamus delicate skin secretes a natural sunscreen substance just as some people have a habit of sweating lot but for the hippopotamus the secretion is red-colored. Is there a better to say that hippopotamus sweat blood? The secretion which the hippos give out is sometimes referred to as "blood sweat," but is neither blood nor sweat. Is there something to fear when people come into contact with the hippopotamus sweat? I guess there is no danger at all as its just part of any body or animal fluid that the hippopotamus produces.
You find that the secretion is initially colorless and turns red-orange just after a few minutes and there after within no time becomes brown. What is the general composition of the hippopotamus sweat or the blood that hippopotamus sweat? As matter of fact, two distinct pigments somehow have been identified which gives the notion that hippopotamus sweat blood as in the secretions, one of then is the red (hipposudoric acid) and the other one, orange (norhipposudoric acid).
If you think for humans salt and water make your sweat, for the hippopotamus, the two pigments are highly acidic compounds. One amazing fact about the notion that hippopotamus sweat blood is that all these pigments that consist of being the hippopotamus sweat naturally inhibit the growth of disease-causing bacteria as one of the natural wonders in the animal kingdom. the same time with all that in the African Savannah land the hippopotamus sweat is very useful as the light absorption of both pigments peaks in the ultraviolet range, creating a sunscreen effect. What natural way to protect oneself from such forces of nature.
If only people could understand animals, many of the great discoveries and diseases would have vanished in this world. But lets not forget that every animal and human being is unique in their own way and hence the distinction of species and to some extent the differences in using our sixth sense. One amazing fact about the hippopotamus sweat is that whether its the African hippopotamus or the pygmy hippo found in many of the world zoos.
Some interesting African facts about the African River horses Fables and Tales
All wild animals have their own great stories and their parts in the African rich culture where wild animals are just part of every land inhabited by man. The Hippos in Africa and even in the ancient Egypt have been the subjects of various African folktales.Amazing myth about hippos: Hippopotamus cannot jump |
The hippo lost most of his hair and was too embarrassed to leave the water and that's why you see the hippopotamus only coming out to eat at night or when the sun has gone down.
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Beautiful Amazing Hippopotamus Song
When did people start talking about saving the hippopotamus? Are there any good songs about hippopotamus? Well how about some good interesting movies which the whole family can enjoy about hippos? Its not just the beautiful celebrities who are the pioneers of saving most of the endangered species in the world or some of the philanthropist who have gained fame in the cause of saving some of the endangered animals and especially the endangered hippos of Africa. Very few people are aware of the famous Gayla Peevey.
Do you think such a song could have made a difference in our times? Well its all about education information and communication that people become aware about wild animals and the plight they are in and hence the need to do something about it. If Gayla Peevey was only ten years and sung this beautiful song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957) do people need to learn from history and use what ever means to get that message out about hippopotamus and many other animals in the wild as well?
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too!
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