Members of a hippo pod dose on the banks of a river in Kenya's famed Masai Mara National Reserve.

East Africa

Hippopotamus
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Studying the interaction of male and female hippopotami has long been complicated by the fact that hippos are not sexually dimorphic and thus females and young males are almost indistinguishable in the field.[32] Although hippos like to lie in close proximity to each other, they do not seem to form social bonds except between mothers and daughters, and are not social animals. The reason they huddle in close proximity is unknown.[4]

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