Africam

[Emeraldgreen]

There's a hippo getting a drink!!

[ramanth]

Beat me to it! LOL!

I was working with my back to the computer and I heard a "SPOOSH!". First time ever seeing a hippo.

[beeniesmom]

I see him!

[ramanth]

It's weird to see a hippo only spend a short time in the water. I thought they preferred it.

[ramanth]

Hippos at the water hole!

[Emeraldgreen]

Darn it!!! I missed them this time. LOL
How many were there?
Last night 6 zebras came onto the scene and one was a baby. It was such a treat.

[ramanth]

4 best as I could tell. One got in the water and stayed there. Two larger ones and 1 smaller (a baby I think) stayed on dry land then eventually wandered off. The one in the water stayed there till daybreak then wandered off.

[Emeraldgreen]

Ramanth, after I read I read your post I quickly opened the Africam and it was still dark at the water hole. I said to my husband, that looks like something in the water, maybe it's a hippo left over from the group that you had seen. It was so hard to tell because it was dark and the big 'spot' was right in the reflection of the tree. My husband said "no, that's just part of the tree reflecting in the water, you're seeing things."
That lump stayed still for so long that I started to think my husband was right and then all of a sudden he lifted his head and started moving. I said "I told you it was a hippo!!" That guy must have been sleeping in the water! LOL
We watched him until the sun came up too. Saw him have some breakfast and then waddle off. What a cutie!