PESO x 2: Hippo Deposit
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a
close up (unless you feel squeemish).
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Alan C
I can’t get to the close-up. Maybe this is a good thing!
How far are you from the water? I didn’t think hippos liked to travel very far overland.
I also recall that one doesn’t want to have a disagreement with one.
Rick
On May 30, 2021, at 8:12 AM, Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a close up (unless you feel squeemish).
K5 & DA 18-55
Alan C
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About 2Km - 3 small dams. The town has numerous greenbelts along the
normally non-perennial stream watercourses. However, with the current
dismal maintenance of sewers & potable water networks by the Muni, most
flow a bit all the year round. Those in the northern part of town feed
the dams where the Hippos hang out during the day. At night they easily
make their way up the watercourses into town where the grazing remains
plentiful during the dry season. There have been accidents with cars (1
fatality) but no attacks that I know of. In the game reserves, Hippos
graze away from rivers & dams during the night too.
Here is a direct link to the other:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212496116/
Alan C
On 30-May-21 07:20 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
I can’t get to the close-up. Maybe this is a good thing!
How far are you from the water? I didn’t think hippos liked to travel very far overland.
I also recall that one doesn’t want to have a disagreement with one.
Rick
On May 30, 2021, at 8:12 AM, Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a close up (unless you feel squeemish).
K5 & DA 18-55
Alan C
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good detail, crisp colour this tells a story.:-)
Dave
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:12 AM Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a
close up (unless you feel squeemish).
K5 & DA 18-55
Alan C
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Am 30.05.21 um 14:12 schrieb Alan C:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
I read some time ago that someone in England got lion dung from the
local zoo and spread it to keep the neighbours' cats from chasing birds
in his garden. Apparently this worked.
Maybe it also works with hippos.
Ralf
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On May 30, 2021, at 2:38 PM, Ralf R Radermacher fotoralf@gmx.de wrote:
Am 30.05.21 um 14:12 schrieb Alan C:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
I read some time ago that someone in England got lion dung from the
local zoo and spread it to keep the neighbours' cats from chasing birds
in his garden. Apparently this worked.
Maybe it also works with hippos.
I suspect that if hippos were chasing birds in his garden, you would have heard about it.
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I can't really say I enjoyed looking at that crap.
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:12 AM Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a
close up (unless you feel squeemish).
K5 & DA 18-55
Alan C
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Sorry about the crappy photos chaps. One of these days I may be able to
capture the culpit!
Alan C
On 31-May-21 01:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
I can't really say I enjoyed looking at that crap.
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:12 AM Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a
close up (unless you feel squeemish).
K5 & DA 18-55
Alan C
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I was expecting much more mess. Hippos are usually very, um, enthusiastic poopers.
https://youtu.be/U-jXMeo4a4k
On 30 May 2021 at 13:12 Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a
close up (unless you feel squeemish).
Yes, quite true. Plenty of that in the "parks" along the streams in
town. Thank goodness it didn't happen in my driveway. Hippos are also
enthusiastic f*rters - they keep the rivers & dams (where the chill
during the heat of the day) well aerated.
Alan C
On 31-May-21 08:26 AM, mike wilson wrote:
I was expecting much more mess. Hippos are usually very, um, enthusiastic poopers.
https://youtu.be/U-jXMeo4a4k
On 30 May 2021 at 13:12 Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A Hippo made a smelly deposit at our gate last night. No damage
fortunately. A couple of years ago they devoured the whole vegetable
garden in a yard across the street.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51212711523/ Scroll L for a
close up (unless you feel squeemish).
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