Baby hippos playing. Banky and BonBon, March 2014
Wednesday 19th March. Some happy photos for you of Banky hippo playing with his friend BonBon. Banky is still a baby and suckling milk; he turned a year old last November. BonBon had just finished suckling and she turns three years of age this April. I went down to...
Kiboko grooming a croc
Kiboko grooming a crocodile. I have seen this behaviour on a regular basis and believe the hippos groom the crocodiles for a couple of reasons. The area they choose to groom is normally the tail or along the ridge on the top of the croc’s body. In those areas...
Cheeky and her calf
Cheeky and her two month old calf. Hippo mothers, like any mum, are very protective of their babies. When a calf is about five to six weeks of age the first hippo allowed contact with the new baby is the bull. Often the bull is the father, but not always. The next...
Mar. 2014 – New Baby Hippo
The Turgwe Hippo Trust are proud to announce the birth of this new calf to Relief hippo and young male Kuchek. This is the first calf for both hippos. The calf is the 50th hippo baby born since 1990 when Karen Paolillo first began her behaviour study of these amazing...Name the baby hippo
NAME THE BABY HIPPO The Turgwe Hippo Trust is having another raffle, this time for you to enter and have the chance of naming a new baby hippo. The calf is the son or daughter of Relief and I believe Kuchek the young male is a first time father. The calf was...
Feb. 16th – The first baby hippo of 2014.
Relief has given birth to her first calf. I last saw her on January 21st without a baby then the Turgwe River came up in flood and all of the hippos moved to quieter areas. The game scouts found on the 10th February just one kilometer upstream from Hippo Haven the...
New Turgwe Hippo Trust merchandise, BonBon and Maxie ornament
All hippo collectors and foster parents of BonBon and Maxie hippos see the new ornaments that my friend Suzie Marsh has just finished. Her animal sculptures are bought by Royalty for recently Prince Harry purchased two of her elephant sculptures. Now you can buy her...
Feb. 2014 – Baboons stranded in a flooded Turgwe
Some of the resident troop of Chacma baboons that share the Paolillo’s life at Turgwe Hippo Trust are stranded in a tree in the flooded Turgwe River. Later Kuchek hippo arrives back at the river after 2 weeks of not one single hippo in the area. The same day...
Jan. 2014 – Hippos after the rains
The Turgwe hippos, gaping, calling and enjoying life since the rains have come. And the video...
What happened during Year 2013?
2013 was a pretty harsh year for the hippos and other wildlife in our area. A localized drought, stemming from rains that fell in one large amount and then petered out, saw us without any grazing for the animals dependant on the Lowveld grasses. Browse on the trees...
Nov. 2013 – Squiggle slender mongoose
This video catches up with Squiggle the mongoose & shows how she has...You can Donate or Adopt a hippo
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