Hippo Very Close in Water at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington - Encircle Photos

Hippo Very Close in Water at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington

It did not require a telephoto lens to get an extreme close up of this enormous hippopotamus. Those bulging pink eyes were about three feet away as he surfaced from a pool in the African Savanna section of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. The hippo is the third largest land animal and can weigh up to three tons. Their native habitat is lakes, swamps and rivers in central and southern Africa. The Greek translation of the name means “river horse.”

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