And the Karma Gods smile :-) picked by tigertony 2 months ago

Jaws outstretched, this hungry hippopotamus seems to have found an easy target.

But with extraordinary skill, the wildebeest appears to outmanoeuvre his 3,300lb attacker at the very last moment.

However the stricken animal is frozen by fear in the next picture as the hippo catches it and bites it on the rear. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Fossils of a hippopotamus-like creature on an Arctic island show the climate was once like that of Florida, giving clues to risks from modern global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

So clever with the headlines am I. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

What's the boldest dare you've ever done? How did it compare to licking a crocodile? If it wasn't up there then you don't get to join the hippo gang.

Translation - video of hippos licking crocodiles. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

An overheating hippo was so desperate to cool down that he climbed over the side of a 3m (10ft) water tower for a nice long soak.

However, after happily splashing around for a while, the mammal found it could not get out of the pool and was well and truly stuck. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A hippopotamus that escaped three years ago from a zoo built by the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been spotted living in the wild near the Magdalena river, according to a local magazine. picked by kakana 5 months ago