Hippos will spend hours sunbathing and sleeping on the sandbanks of the Great Ruaha River. They spend a lot of time thermoregulating


Hippos will spend hours sunbathing and sleeping on the sandbanks of the Great Ruaha River. They spend a lot of time thermoregulating using ambient temperatures rather than metabolising energy


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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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