A Heron Catches A Ride On The Back Of A Hippo

This video, filmed by Bernadette and uploaded to Kruger Sightings, shows a very casual heron hitching a ride on the back of a hippo. This behaviour is apparently more common than we thought, but we can’t take any credit away from this surfer heron…

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