In the Okavango Delta inhabit lot of hippos, visible during the aquatic safari camp in Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express
In the Okavango Delta inhabit lot of hippos, visible during the aquatic safari camp in Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The common hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) is a large mammal primarily artiodactyl herbivore that lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is coupled to the pygmy hippopotamus ( Choeropsis liberiensis ), one of only two current members of the family Hippopotamidae . It is a semi-aquatic animal that lives in rivers and lakes, where territorial adult males with groups of 5 to 30 females and young will control an area of the river. During the day they remain in the water or mud , and both intercourse and childbirth happen this animal in the water. At dusk become more active and out to graze on grass . While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water , grazing is a solitary activity , and are not territorial on land. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales , porpoises , etc. . ).
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