Not a View You Want to See by stray_shooter

Not a View You Want to See

A rather ominous view of a hippo enjoying(?) a soothing bath. If you have such a view in the wild you are likely in very big trouble. In Africa, hippos kill an average of 2900 people per year, more than lions, elephants, leopards, buffaloes and rhinos combined. Luckily there was some glass between me and this guy - and I still barely survived!
Great shot! My family and I were just discussing how dangerous hippos are to humans! Who knew? They look so calm and gentle!!! Great focus! love the eyes!
December 5th, 2016  
Fantastic capture full of wonderful detail and colour Ron, love the surface of the water looks like coloured glass:)
December 5th, 2016  
Are you serious? Hippos kill that many people?? Did not know that. The more I study this great image, the more I get the feeling you were lucky to have that pane of glass between him and you — his eye is not exactly conveying friendliness, in my opinion.
December 6th, 2016  
Fabulous detail, especially through glass. He looks very sneaky.
December 6th, 2016  
I so agree with the other Denise @lyndemc I never knew all those facts! So pleased you survived the encounter :) fav
December 6th, 2016  
Wow interesting facts to go with an amazing image. It's fantastic given it was taken through glass.
December 6th, 2016  
Хитрый глаз.Ждет момент.В зоопарке Вены возле меня вынырнул бегемот и открыл пасть.Страшно.Отличный кадр!
December 6th, 2016  
wonderful shot
December 6th, 2016  
Great capture! You're lucky you lived to talk about it! Fav!
December 7th, 2016  
@dianen Thanks so much Diane. Yeah, I guess they are kind of deceivingly dangerous.
December 8th, 2016  
@pcoulson Thanks Peter. I knew you would notice the water reflection and colour - I do appreciate that attention.
December 8th, 2016  
@lyndemc Thanks Denise, yeah, I didn't think that was a very friendly look in his eye. So I was fact checking the hippo death numbers and there seems to be a wide discrepancy to the claim about how many die at their......paws. The numbers I claim came from a site called the Mother Nature Network, mnn.com, and that number is also cited by the Huffington Post. Who knows how accurate they are? The most surprising thing I came across was the fact that mosquitos are much more deadly, killing 660,000 people per year. Yikes! I think I'll go spray some Off! on me right now!
December 8th, 2016  
@simta Спасибо Татьяна. Да, они страшно! Зубы огромные!
December 8th, 2016  
@onewing I think that he might have thought he was hiding. Sneaky indeed - as much as a hippo can be I guess.
December 8th, 2016  
@gilbertwood Thanks Denise - the danger came not from the hippo, but the crush of people trying to get this same shot! Thanks for your concern!
December 8th, 2016  
@k1w1 Thanks Christine, I was lucky to find a small portion of the glass that wasn't all scratched up and cloudy. Gotta search all of the available spots.
December 8th, 2016  
@jayberg Thanks so much for stopping by to comment!
December 8th, 2016  
@joysfocus As I said to Denise, I was lucky to survive the other people on my side of the glass! Thanks for the comments Joy.
December 8th, 2016  
December 8th, 2016  
Actually he was having the very same thoughts about you Ron. And I'll bet you were giving him the evil eye also - or at least mooning him.
December 8th, 2016  
Super shot.
December 10th, 2016  
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