Beverly Joubert Instagram – It’s astonishing to witness the speed and agility of hippos. Although they spend the majority of the daylight hours basking, semi-submerged, in rivers or ponds, hippos venture out of the water at night or when the weather is cooler to feed on grass. Those dainty ankles are carrying around a ton and a half of territorial hippo and, despite his size, he can turn on a dime. Deeply scarred from territorial disputes – the wounds of which were likely made more severe by opportunistic oxpecker birds that feast on blood and parasites – this male clearly means business. Hippos are famously possessive over their pools and will aggressively defend them, sometimes even charging at innocuous animals like impalas. A herd of buffalo ventured a bit too close, and the enraged hippo voiced his displeasure at their presence. Although buffaloes can definitely hold their own against an aggressive hippo, this herd thought better of taking on the challenge and instead watched the angry behemoth from a distance.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #HippoDay #WorldHippoDay #hippo #Okavango #wildlife