An alpha hippo is challenged by two outside males. A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary, but this is no ordinary year, as a once-in-a-lifetime drought spurs unusual animal behavior.

When a bull elephant and hippo meet in a watering hole, it's not always a peaceful coexistence. In the accompanying footage, ...

He had been gored and bled to death,” Karen remembers. “I cried [because I was] so glad that he had died as a bull hippo, in a fight over females, and not by a bullet.” ...

If you're raising a "house hippo" (aka, Pit Bull type dogs) then you'll know that they love their downtime. But that doesn't mean that they should get to lay around the house all day, right?