This is the s.hoc.king moment a hippopotamus sinks its teeth into a rival’s calf.
In the image, the male bull catches the baby hippo in its jaws, on the verge of hurling it into the water in a s.pra.y of b.lood.
The male hippo w.as a.tta.cking a rival’s calf in the picture, taken by Russian photographer at the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
The image was highly commended in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers Wonderful Wildlife Photography Competition.
They spend most of their time in the water to prevent the skin from drying out in the heat. Hippos are well known for their a.ggres.sive behavior and for k.illing beings humans feel d.anger. But, some surprising features make these animals even more s.cary.
