Swimming Hippopotamus Photo Auckland Zoo New Zealand

Peacefully swimming in its habitat at the Auckland on the North Island of New Zealand, a hippopotamus captivates visitors walking by.
Swimming is a favorite past time for a hippopotamus where it can keep itself out of the sun to avoid being sunburnt making water an essential requirement for the survival of the hippopotamus. The ...

Cute Hippopotamus Picture Watering Hole Auckland Zoo

Maneuvering around its watering hole at the Auckland Zoo on the North Island of New Zealand, this cute Hippopotamus only allows his backside to see the sunlight.
With its broad head partially submerged in its watering hole at the Auckland Zoo on the North Island of New Zealand, this hippopotamus stays cool in the heat of the sun. Its eyes and cute round ea ...

Hippopotamus Zoo Habitat Auckland New Zealand

With half of its head above water, a Hippopotamus relaxes and cools off in the water in his habitat at the Auckland Zoo on the North Island of New Zealand.
In the summer, a hippopotamus will spend many hours during the day in the water in its habitat at the Auckland Zoo in New Zealand as they can easily burn their bodies from the heat of the sun. As ...

Hippopotamus Behaviour Auckland Zoo

Typical behaviour by a Hippopotamus when it's feeling threatened is to open its mouth wide.
A hippo yawn - generally an open mouth signals that a hippopotamus is threatened. This large adult hippo however, has a protected and fenced area at the Auckland Zoo and only has to share the pond ...