The Battle of the Giants! - a photo on Flickriver

            Sitting there watching the Hippo crash wallowing in the water during the mid-day sun, a fight suddenly erupted with the resident male quickly put his challenger in his place by showing him his massive canines. 
Hippos mark their territory by defecation. While depositing the faeces, hippos spin their tails to distribute their excrement over a greater area. "Yawning" serves as a threat display. When fighting, male hippos use their incisors to block each other's attacks and their large canines to inflict injuries. When hippos become over-populated or a habitat is reduced, bulls sometimes attempt infanticide, but this behaviour is not common under normal conditions. Incidents of hippo cannibalism have been documented, but this is believed to be the behaviour of distressed or sick hippos.

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) was photographed in the Mara River in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. 
   

Taken in: Kenya / Rift Valley / Nakuru (show map)

Taken on: August 9, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, 526mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	526mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Macintosh)
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