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Angry, angry Hippo! (Charging & hitting our photo hide)


A Hippo bull charged my guide as he was trying to fix an outside remote camera @ the hide, hitting the shipping container causing the whole structure to violently shake! 🫨
He was perfectly OK having dived behind the hide for protection! Just being my guide and myself, I was left inside to capture this incredible moment with the outside impact some 4ft from where I was sitting!
Here's a 5 shot selection from that incident. Probably one of my best ever photo hide days that started off with a Leopardess
visiting early morning and finishing with a 40+ matriarchal Elephant herd. Anyone who's spent time in a photo hide in Africa will know just how rare seeing a Leopard show up really is, not to mention a rampaging Hippo bull !!!

Kamasot hide, Musekese, Kafue NP- Zambia.


Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z100-400 f/4.5-5.6
f/4.5
2000s
ISO250@ 100mm.






Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z100-400 f/4.5-5.6
f/4.5
2000s
ISO280@ 100mm.






Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z100-400 f/4.5-5.6
f/4.5
2000s
ISO280@ 100mm.






Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z100-400 f/4.5-5.6
f/4.5
2000s
ISO250@ 100mm.






Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z100-400 f/4.5-5.6
f/4.5
2000s
ISO320@ 100mm.



Cheers
Marc



Nov 29, 2025 at 07:15 AM





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