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Jessica the hippo (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/pics@lemmy.world

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At Jessica the hippo, Hoedspruit, South Africa.

Jessica, her partner and son are raised by humans but are not kept in captivity. They are free to go where ever they want, they come back every time by choice. When visiting you can feed them and learn about their story.

Photo taken with Kodak Charmera Milenium.

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[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Interesting stripe on her head, what's that about?

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[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

It looks like she refused to move while they painted stripes on the edge of the dock, but I think it's probably shadows with weird contrast effect from the photo.

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

I believe it's a shadow. Look where the stripe meets the dock, and you can see it continues

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I swear to god, Hippos always seem to have a sarcastic look in their eye!

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 3 points 3 months ago

"eeeeeeeh what's up dawg. Heeeeeeey. Come closer. It's all good man! Look at me, I'm sweet AF."

gets ripped to pieces

"Dude I was being sarcastic. Fucking tourists. WILMAAA! I GOT ANOTHER ONE! hehehe"

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