Dr. Rebecca Lewison

And so for most of the year, they are only coming out of the water at you know, when it's dusk and getting dark. So yeah, what I would do is sit, I would drive my Land Rover to the place where that foraging lawn was and then I would sit on the roof with a pretty old school night scope and watch them forage. That was, that's what I did for about a year.

And so for most of the year, they are only coming out of the water at you know, when it's dusk and getting dark. So yeah, what I would do is sit, I would drive my Land Rover to the place where that foraging lawn was and then I would sit on the roof with a pretty old school night scope and watch them forage. That was, that's what I did for about a year.

I have some crazy stories of falling asleep and like waking up to elephants at my eye level because I would fall asleep. Like you said, I wasn't getting enough sleep. But yes, I would sleep during the day and try to stay up. And I would have to do it when there was some full moon because it was really crude. It was, you know, mid 90s. So we had night scopes, but nothing like we do now.

I have some crazy stories of falling asleep and like waking up to elephants at my eye level because I would fall asleep. Like you said, I wasn't getting enough sleep. But yes, I would sleep during the day and try to stay up. And I would have to do it when there was some full moon because it was really crude. It was, you know, mid 90s. So we had night scopes, but nothing like we do now.

I have some crazy stories of falling asleep and like waking up to elephants at my eye level because I would fall asleep. Like you said, I wasn't getting enough sleep. But yes, I would sleep during the day and try to stay up. And I would have to do it when there was some full moon because it was really crude. It was, you know, mid 90s. So we had night scopes, but nothing like we do now.

The incredible thing is what I remember doing is picking my head up and I'm literally at eye level because I was on the top of this pickup truck and I literally just picked my head up. I saw an elephant and I was so tired. I just put my head down and went back to sleep. No. Yeah.

The incredible thing is what I remember doing is picking my head up and I'm literally at eye level because I was on the top of this pickup truck and I literally just picked my head up. I saw an elephant and I was so tired. I just put my head down and went back to sleep. No. Yeah.

The incredible thing is what I remember doing is picking my head up and I'm literally at eye level because I was on the top of this pickup truck and I literally just picked my head up. I saw an elephant and I was so tired. I just put my head down and went back to sleep. No. Yeah.

I think I woke up in the morning and I definitely was like, What? But, you know, for people who work in the field and yeah, obviously I was careful and, you know, followed all the protocols I was supposed to follow, but amazing things happen.

I think I woke up in the morning and I definitely was like, What? But, you know, for people who work in the field and yeah, obviously I was careful and, you know, followed all the protocols I was supposed to follow, but amazing things happen.

I think I woke up in the morning and I definitely was like, What? But, you know, for people who work in the field and yeah, obviously I was careful and, you know, followed all the protocols I was supposed to follow, but amazing things happen.

So I'm going to say it out loud and then people are going to think like, what scientists do, what? But I was actually counting the number of bites and steps. I know, I say it out loud and I just think, what? And it does sound like minutiae to me too, but it's fascinating. Like we know what we do. What do hippos do? How far do they go? Can they just go anywhere?

So I'm going to say it out loud and then people are going to think like, what scientists do, what? But I was actually counting the number of bites and steps. I know, I say it out loud and I just think, what? And it does sound like minutiae to me too, but it's fascinating. Like we know what we do. What do hippos do? How far do they go? Can they just go anywhere?

So I'm going to say it out loud and then people are going to think like, what scientists do, what? But I was actually counting the number of bites and steps. I know, I say it out loud and I just think, what? And it does sound like minutiae to me too, but it's fascinating. Like we know what we do. What do hippos do? How far do they go? Can they just go anywhere?

Like you were asking those questions initially. So I spent all this time trying to understand sort of their strategy. How do they make it work? How do they get enough? How do they decide where to go? And how do you make choices about where to forage?

Like you were asking those questions initially. So I spent all this time trying to understand sort of their strategy. How do they make it work? How do they get enough? How do they decide where to go? And how do you make choices about where to forage?

Like you were asking those questions initially. So I spent all this time trying to understand sort of their strategy. How do they make it work? How do they get enough? How do they decide where to go? And how do you make choices about where to forage?

They don't. Hippos in captivity, all the accredited places that hippos are living, takes amazing care of the animals. They give them lettuce and pumpkins and watermelon and amazing things and very, very well fed. But no, nothing like that happens to hippos in the wild.

They don't. Hippos in captivity, all the accredited places that hippos are living, takes amazing care of the animals. They give them lettuce and pumpkins and watermelon and amazing things and very, very well fed. But no, nothing like that happens to hippos in the wild.

They don't. Hippos in captivity, all the accredited places that hippos are living, takes amazing care of the animals. They give them lettuce and pumpkins and watermelon and amazing things and very, very well fed. But no, nothing like that happens to hippos in the wild.