Water holes can be dangerous traps for thirsty animals, as this hippo soon finds out…
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Natural World: Hippos – Africa’s River Giants
David Attenborough reveals the life of the hippopotamus as never seen before. With incredible underwater footage, this film delves into the world of the hippo – an animal that cannot swim yet is utterly dependent on water. In Botswana’s Okavango delta, hippos face an unparalleled challenge – deep floodwaters dry to dust in a matter of months. In one extraordinary season, the team go beneath the surface to see them protect their families and face their enemies as they deal with the drought. Going far beyond their dangerous reputation, the show discovers the true nature of the hippo, an animal that is compassionate, sensitive and highly intelligent.
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The voice… The pictures…. Just perfect. 🇦🇹 🇬🇧 ♥
Not this time
Yeah yeah yeap
The first few second into the video….the hippo eyes are piercing?! Scared me…😆😂😩🙌🏾
Love nature ❤️
Lots of respect for camera man and team 🙏
This should definetly be more louder!
I didn’t know Alex and Gloria were beefing
Everyone thinks hippos are cute and cuddly because the babies are basically small fat chonky water potatoes but the adults are incredibly dangerous and basically the ultimate killing machines. They run quicker than horses on land, swim like seals and they're built like tanks. These mfs kill 200 humans a year despite being vegetarians, they just do it for the violence. They are quite literally the animal incarnation of the term "fuck around and find out"
I imagine this is what a pack of T. Rexes vs a sauropod would be like.
Animals exist
Birds: It's free real estate
I enjoyed NOT hearing David Attenborough on this clip preach to us about “Global Warming “ oh! Excuse me…”Climate Change “..😒
flood from what? from where? is this the nile?
bad hippo
Lions can kill an elephant – except we will never get to see it on BBC. Its always the same stuff with lions, oh who will win, well its not the lions because we can't show that.
Somewhere out there is B roll of lions winning.
the walking hydraulic press, said jesus himself
1:14 – the way she licks her lips like, "Mmmh, gonna eat good tonight."
Is this hippo very small?
Lion: …Hey wait why are we fighting each other for that stupid Cameraman's entertainment?!
Hippo: Hey yeah! Let's get 'em!
Cameraman: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Beautiful
Walking through the Bronx be like
My mother recently passed, at 67, loved Attenbourough. I just now realized she had been watching him her ENTIRE LIFE.
2:37 looks like a beautiful animation!
BBC is still my favourite channel, even compared to all the other documentaries and YouTubers
Well filmed…
clearly no old Lions in that clan
they would have worked a way to take down this BEAST