We kayak where lives Hippopotamus,
And hope it isn't submerged, a-bottom us.
With kayak a quite crunchy hard shell --
Us: savory filling that screams and yells, --
We'll be a three-bite river taco to hell.
River Taco [Lyric Poem]
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Tag Archives: Hippopotamus
Too Close for Comfort? [Haiku]
baboon onshore
grooms infant as hippo
glides past in water.
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DAILY PHOTO: Napping Hippos
Taken in April of 2017 on the Chobe River between Botswana and Namibia
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DAILY PHOTO: Amphibious Hippo
DAILY PHOTO: Big Beasts Wading in the Marsh
DAILY PHOTO: Floating the Zambezi
Taken on June 18, 2017 on the Zambezi River (Zambian side)
Shore scene
Crocodile on the shore
Hippopotamus in the water
Sundown
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DAILY PHOTO: Hungry, Hungry Hippo Hides
Taken in November of 2013 at Bannerghatta
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POEM: The Hippo
The Hippo never took an oath
to watch its weight or check its growth.
Hungry, Hungry, it is in deed.
Five hours per day it’s known to feed.
The Greeks called it the river horse.
A horse that’s not a horse, of course, [of course.]
Hippos do like rivers, though they don’t float.
Submerged below, they’ll wreck your boat.
Where else can one find two tons of fun?
But careful, don’t think them too fat to run.
They’ve been clocked at 30 miles per hour,
and there’s scarcely a thing they won’t devour.
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