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A view of a pod of hippopotamuses in a lake in Kruger national park, South Africa Royalty Free Stock Photo

A POD OF HIPPOPOTAMUSES IN A WATERHOLE COVERED WITH GREEN LEAVES FACING FORWARD Royalty Free Stock Photo

Pod hippopotamuses basking on beach Royalty Free Stock Photo

A pod of hippopotamuses in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda Royalty Free Stock Photo

A pod of Hippopotamuses Royalty Free Stock Photo

Pod of hippos in the estuary Royalty Free Stock Photo

Pod of hippos in the river Royalty Free Stock Photo

Or, more correctly, Hippopotami, being the plural of Hippopotamus. The collective noun for a group of Hippopotamus is a `bloat`, `pod`, `dale` or `herd`. Personally, I love the word `bloat` when applied to these fat creatures..! Here is a bloat of Hippopotamus, some in water, some on land and one in particular charging into the water, creating a splash. See if you can count 23 heads - or parts of heads - in the photograph, taken at Masai Mara, Kenya, at the Mara River.