two rhinos and a hippo

I love the largest African mammals. I have lots of hippos around the house, and I love rhinos, too. The Toledo (Ohio) zoo has a fabulous hippoquarium. You can see the hippos underwater, at their level. It is astonishing -- something you could never experience in the wild -- you are within touching distance, as they glide by. Research has been done on hippo sounds and hippo communication at the Toledo zoo that could not have been done in the wild (as you couldn't see, in the murky rivers of their homeland, what the hippos were doing when they made the sounds). Well worth a trip.

I'll have to take a digital pic of one of my snaps of the hippos, so I can post it. (One day, I *will* buy a scanner!)