The hippos in Tanzania love being in the water. Consequently, they spend almost all day in it. They even give birth to their young there. At night, they come onto land to graze. Hippos eat almost exclusively grass. With their bulky, clumsy bodies, they look fairly harmless, but nothing could be further from the truth. There is no animal in Africa that has more human casualties on its conscience than the hippopotamus. Especially when someone is between the water and the hippo, the animals feel threatened and may attack. Unfortunately, this is still prone to occur when people want to get water from the river in the morning and the hippos are just returning from their nightly grazing. When a hippo attacks, it can develop an improbable speed of up to 40 km per hour. Together with its powerful jaws, this renders its victims hopeless.
Ramon Beekelaar specializes in photographing wildlife and nature. Ramon was born in the Alphen aan den rijn , in the Netherlands. His love for photography began when he was 21 years old and he spent much of his youth photographing wildlife in the Wild.
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