P P Pertinax 8 Aug 2015 This does rather demonstrate how tiny the indoor pools are for any more than a single Common hippo. They are really only 'pygmy' sized.
This does rather demonstrate how tiny the indoor pools are for any more than a single Common hippo. They are really only 'pygmy' sized.
L L Loxodonta Cobra 8 Aug 2015 Not good for the fifth largest land animal species on the planet currently.
P P Panthera1981 10 Aug 2015 Agreed. Whipsnade's Common hippo arrangements could certainly be improved upon, however the house does have off-show indoor pools as well.
Agreed. Whipsnade's Common hippo arrangements could certainly be improved upon, however the house does have off-show indoor pools as well.
P P Pertinax 11 Aug 2015 Panthera1981 said: Agreed. Whipsnade's Common hippo arrangements could certainly be improved upon, however the house does have off-show indoor pools as well. Click to expand... It won't happen but a pity they can't house e.g. the Pygmies somewhere else and knock the two little exhibition pools into one bigger one. But there again its not often they have two adult hippos together sharing this tiny space.
Panthera1981 said: Agreed. Whipsnade's Common hippo arrangements could certainly be improved upon, however the house does have off-show indoor pools as well. Click to expand... It won't happen but a pity they can't house e.g. the Pygmies somewhere else and knock the two little exhibition pools into one bigger one. But there again its not often they have two adult hippos together sharing this tiny space.