May 6, 2014 | Blog, Karen's blog, Portfolio
May 7th, 2014, A Hippo Love Story, book written by Karen Paolillo is published. You can order it from this web and get a personal dedication. Read this awesome story.
Mar 31, 2014 | Blog, Karen's blog, Portfolio
The Turgwe Hippo Trust is not just about the hippos. The Trust has many other wild animals living around us such as elephants, lions, hyenas and many antelopes and smaller mammals. Squiggle was found by myself and Jean-Roger lying under a tree with her umbilical chord...
Mar 17, 2014 | Featured, Portfolio
Karen is the Founder of the Turgwe Hippo Trust and every day she lives her life for the animals and with the animals.
Mar 16, 2014 | Blog, Karen's blog, Portfolio
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...
Mar 16, 2014 | Blog, Karen's blog, Portfolio
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 16, 2014 | Featured, Portfolio
This photo shows Libra a female gaping at baby Kuchek when he was only about two and a half months old. This is entirely playful and a common thing that happens with hippos. Libra was allowed close contact as at that stage she was still a young hippo and so no threat...
Mar 16, 2014 | Featured, Portfolio
This croc here was just sleeping quietly on land when some of the Turgwe hippo juveniles returned to their river pool. For some reason Zen sat on the croc and I managed to catch this once in a lifetime shot of a young male hippo sitting on a crocodile. I am happy to...