HIPPO- Species Spotlight

Posted on March 27th, 2009 by admin in trophy hunter |

The hippopotamus is simply awesome to see in person. It truly humbles you to be near such a giant. The two species of hippo still remaining are the Eastern African hippo and the pygmy hippo (not in this video.) There are only an estimated 125000 to 150000 hippos left throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. They are threatened by illegal poaching, and by habitat loss and hippos are legally culled (killed) by some governments and their meat and ivory teeth are sold. They are also hunted by trophy …

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21 Responses

  1. doglostflorida Says:

    Great to help bring …
    Great to help bring awareness. Thankss for the informational links to help.

  2. doglostflorida Says:

    Wonderful video, …
    Wonderful video, loved it :)

  3. NickYorkieDog Says:

    awesome!!!!! XD
    awesome!!!!! XD

  4. CachangaCaracal Says:

    Awesome video! …
    Awesome video! Hippos are such amazing animals! :D

  5. iKeeeed Says:

    one of my fav. …
    one of my fav. animal.

  6. Smithy07sham Says:

    thanks my friend
    thanks my friend

  7. lcs49 Says:

    cool vid =]
    cool vid =]

  8. NWKBricks1 Says:

    Thanks for another …
    Thanks for another 5 star video.

    Your passion for animals is admirable. I only wish I could give more to help these beautiful creatures.

  9. elephantologist Says:

    Hippos are …
    Hippos are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sending this video to me.

  10. sorin990 Says:

    HIPO’Z ^-^
    HIPO’Z ^-^

  11. vickiormindyb Says:

    The Greek way of …
    The Greek way of spelling the hippo’s whole name would be with an -os on the end instead of a -us.

  12. kungfustyler Says:

    Great video thanx …
    Great video thanx for sharing
    i never knew what hippo meant
    thanx

  13. fantasticwarrior08 Says:

    coooooooooooooool.
    coooooooooooooool.

  14. trentsnpr Says:

    awesome!
    awesome!

  15. NIRVYMAZDA Says:

    ***** Que bueno! …
    ***** Que bueno! El hipo muestra aqui la tranquilidad dentro del habitat natural. Mas bien que si es invadido, se defiende.
    Gracias ^_^ Kisses.
    Nirvy

  16. RosSarda Says:

    thanks friend for …
    thanks friend for your video. It’s very great

  17. sparklingcolors Says:

    Great video and …
    Great video and hippos. Thanks for making.

  18. TeenEarthNetwork Says:

    AWESOME! Thanks for …
    AWESOME! Thanks for sending us the vid! : )

  19. gormogon4927 Says:

    xx Great video! I …
    xx Great video! I never knew they lived in such large groups! And no matter how many photos or videos u see of hippos u really can’t see how big they are untill u see one with ur own eyes! I saw them at dublin zoo about 5 years ago and was amazed at how big they were! Their huge! I’m going there again in 4 days and i can’t wait! Thanx 4 sharing. xx

  20. briczar22 Says:

    Thanks, that is why …
    Thanks, that is why i do all of this to get those great conservation groups a little more attention. (and also because i love animals)

  21. ZooVisitorMM Says:

    Very good!


    Very good!

    Thanks for the conservation information, too. I like that you include it in your text description.

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