Hippos mark their territory and nighttime feeding routes with scatterings of their dung. They use their muscular tail to scatter their dung

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Hippos mark their territory and nighttime feeding routes with scatterings of their dung. They use their muscular tail to scatter their scent over as wide an area as possible

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Size: 5500px × 3798px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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