The view from a boat tour of the Shire River in Malawi:
Hippo are the most frightening animal I’ve ever been near. They kill more people than any other animal in Africa and their sheer size is unbelievable. We were close enough to hear them grunt, see the detail of their wrinkled brow, watch them swim, listen to their ears splatter in the water. Hippo don’t really swim. I learned from our guide that they run along the river bottom. Their tails act as a propeller. Pretty cool construction, huh? God is great.
~K