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Muddy Yawn
If you took a quick look at the mud pile you might have missed what was actually there until something moved. Mostly submerged and covered in thick mud were about a dozen hippos just looking like mud covered boulders. But as we sat there watching the mud became alive with the sounds of snorts and farts and then one hippo popped up to make a big yawn. Muddy Hippo Yawning