Hippos pack together in a diminishing pool close to the Sitaliki Park HQ. At the end of the dry season the Hippo congregate in dense concentrations

---

Hippos pack together in a diminishing pool close to the Sitaliki Park HQ. At the end of the dry season the Hippo congregate in dense concentrations to remain cool in the muddy pools

---

Size: 6000px × 3988px
Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adaptation, africa, aggressive, amphibious, aquatic, artiodactyl, basking, bull, canines, communication, daytime, declining, dentition, endemic, environment, evolution, family, fighting, glands, grazer, habitat, hairless, hippo, hippopotamus, hippotamidae, incisors, katavi, katuma, mammal, man, melanin, national, night-time, numbers, park, pink, placental, protection, river, safari, sebaceous, secretion, seep, sensitive, sitaliki, skin, social, solitary, spring, sunburn, sweat, tanzania, territorial, thermoregulation, threat, vegetarian, vertebrate, vocal, wallow, whippomorphia, wildlife