St Lucia is a small tourist town. It is not a safari park, although you can see the hippos in the town at night. We start the day with bird guide Ian Ferrera, who shows us birds in a park for 2.5 hours. For the first time on foot because there are no lions or other dangerous animals. During the day at least, this forest is also visited by hippos at night.
Common hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 2000, distance 25.3 m
The photo shows a Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). It is a animal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Hippopotamidae. The photo was taken at Saint Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at 15:39 on Wednesday July 17, 2024.