Sep. 2010 – Rain clouds, Kudu, baboons and hippos
Rain clouds, Kudu, baboons and hippos at Hippo Haven, Zimbabwe.
Some Humour from Dr Jean-Roger Paolillo August 2001
Had I not looked over my shoulder at that very second, the crowned eagle would have broken my neck. This feeling that someone is looking at you… Well, it does exist! Wings wide open, talons extended, my head was the target. I know, because it was the only part...
Sep. 2010 – Karen and the Hippos
Karen and hippos at Hippo Haven, Zimbabwe
Aug. 2010 – Birds, Crocs and Hippos
Crocodiles, birds and hippos all living together at Hippo Haven, Zimbabwe.
Volunteer : Jenny Cookson-Teall, UK, August 2010
My love for hippos began in 1991 when I saw the Silentnight hippo and duck advert on TV and the soft toys they produced. For those of you who haven’t seen it, they show the hippo lying on the bed in sexy blue stripped PJ’s, next to a very small yellow duck. The bed...
Aug. 2010 – Elephants and Hippos
The elephant herd visits the hippo pool. Cheeky hippo enters the pool while an elephant feeds behind her. Later on Bobin, a young male juvenile hippo leaves the pool.
July 2010 – Baboons
Hippo Haven and the troop of wild Chacma baboons that visit us.
The hippo whisperer
This post was first published on the site of our good friends Discover Wildlife, still available at www.discoverwildlife.com/animals/hippo-whisperer Volatile and aggressive, hippos are hard to get close to, unless – like Karen Paolillo – you talk to them. Using her...
Jun. 2010 – African Painted Wild Dogs
This pack in 2009 had puppies near by the Turgwe Hippos. Here we see the yearlings playing.
Volunteer, Hazel Mitchison, Yorkshire U.K, visits Sept/October 2009
I have always been an animal lover, and as my sister has been a hippo parent for many years I was pleased to be able to meet Karen in 2006, at one of her talks in the UK. She really inspired me when she talked about the hippos, the problems with poaching and all the...
Volunteer : Kirsty Mitchison of UK – Aug 2009
I’ve been obsessed with hippos since I was a child. For my 21st birthday I asked to have an adopted hippo. My mum researched this on the internet and found various zoo options, which just put your name on a plaque and give you free entry to the zoo, but then came...You can Donate or Adopt a hippo
Oephebia, our friend and artist loves the book
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Annie’s book at Peregrin Queensland, Australia book review
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Se7en quoted Karen’s book
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