Mike's Other Pixtures #58

It was a snoozy day at the Zoo.

Mike's Other Pixtures #57

When you are young you think of Hippos as big but lovable.

You know the  Disney vision .... a waddling walk but an occasional ability to dance like a ballerina.

Then you read the news and learn of their true nature ....

The hippo is responsible for more human fatalities in Africa that any other large animal.

Males actively defend their territories which run along the banks of rivers and lakes. Females have also been known to get extremely aggressive if they sense anyone coming between them and their babies, who stay in the water while she feeds on the shore.

Hippos can run at speeds of 20 mph and they have enormous jaws which host up to 20" canines.

This particular one is floating calmly in the pond at the San Diego Zoo .... but now it looks kind of menacing doesn't it.