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Photography Times: Hippopotamus Mating Games
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| April 26, 2010
| Vidhya
Posted on 04/30/2010 6:31:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono
It was afternoon and I was sipping my cool can of Ginger Ale, when I heard the first bellow, instantly followed by a loud grunt. Replacing the cap, I started pacing in the direction of the grunt. There was another low grunt and the sound was becoming indiscernible as I came closer. Soon I came upon two hippos facing each other, their mouths almost in contact, on the edge of a water channel. They were circling around in the water like two Sumo wrestlers performing their pre-game rituals.
As it would be apparent in just a bit, this was no wrestling. I was about to witness an interesting sequence of courtship activities between the two Hippos.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: gingerale; hippopotamus; jpb
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Hippos generally remain submerged in water during the day. Mating and childbirth both happen in water.
Hippos are large creatures, generally weighing over 3000 pounds. But do not take the bulkiness to mean they are slow moving and timid - Hippos can easily outrun a human, they are known to clock up to 30kmph. They are also one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and can get into nasty fights with fellow Hippos.
However, their mating games are sublime. Males attract females by defecating or urinating to mark their territory. The pair circle each other, bring their mouths together, bellow and grunt, and tussle and tumble their bulky bodies frothing and splashing the water all around them.
Every now and then - the grunt!
To: JoeProBono
NO.... oh ... whew!
Some things people just should not witness. heh.
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04/30/2010 6:34:04 AM PDT
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GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: JoeProBono
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04/30/2010 6:36:44 AM PDT
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mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: GeronL
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:37:09 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Not another Hitler thread....
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:37:39 AM PDT
by
deadrock
(Liberty is a bitch that needs to be bedded on a mattress of cadavers.)
To: JoeProBono
Not another Hitlery thread....
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:37:53 AM PDT
by
deadrock
(Liberty is a bitch that needs to be bedded on a mattress of cadavers.)
To: mlocher
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04/30/2010 6:38:42 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DEADROCK
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:40:58 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:45:02 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: JoeProBono
water adds bouyancy (probably spelled wrong)
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:45:44 AM PDT
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GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: JoeProBono
Hillary has packed on a few more, eh?
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:49:11 AM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: JoeProBono
This is the type of stuff you see when the SEC web filter now will only allow inoffensive websites like nature pictures.
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:58:11 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: JoeProBono
OMG!!
Who took the pictures of my husband and I skinny dipping!!!
Just joking, we’re not quite that large, yet anyway =8-p
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04/30/2010 6:58:12 AM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: KosmicKitty
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04/30/2010 7:18:39 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Yep, that’s my husband
Okay, not quite :-)
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:33:35 AM PDT
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KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: JoeProBono
When hippos go kinky.........
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:39:26 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: OB1kNOb
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:42:11 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:46:55 AM PDT
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OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: OB1kNOb
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04/30/2010 7:57:05 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
OMG that is sooo special! Although, I don’t think a hippo’s ass looks like that (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
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