A Hippopotamus rests in the fetid wallow at Ikuu in Katavi National Park. Such natural springs provide the wallows that allow hippo to survive

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A Hippopotamus rests in the fetid wallow at Ikuu in Katavi National Park. Such natural springs provide the wallows that allow hippo to survive the brutal dry season

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Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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