Photo of the day - Feb 18th

Today's photo also comes from a day on the Chobe River in Botswana. After the elephants, the largest & most deadly land animal in Africa is the hippo. Due to the riverine ecosystem of Chobe National Park, There is a healthy population of hippos. These animals are easily observed from a distance, but once you venture too close, you get what at first appears to be a "yawn". However, this is a warning sign that you're violating hippo territory. Falure to turn back can get you injured/killed as hippos do not take kindly to interlopers in their world. These hippos offered their warning from enough of a distance that we were easily able to reverse course & stay safe. Sadly, many people in Africa who travel in small dugout canoes will paddle directly over submerged hipos & are killed by the offended animal. As a result, hippos account for more human deaths in Africa than any other large mammal.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!