Surfs up! Cheeky grey heron takes a ride on hippo's back in South Africa
- 5 years ago
This was the moment a very cheeky heron hitched a ride on the back of a hippo in Kruger National Park.
This funny clip, filmed on September 12, shows the moment a heron made it across the lake by ‘surfing’ on the hippo.
The filmer told Newsflare: “I noticed this Grey Heron gliding on the water of a small lake named the Sunset Dam, I found this amusing only to discover that the bird was balancing itself in a standing position on the back of a hippopotamus.
"When the hippo rose to the surface to breathe the bird quite elegantly repositioned itself, then spread his wings and flew off."
This funny clip, filmed on September 12, shows the moment a heron made it across the lake by ‘surfing’ on the hippo.
The filmer told Newsflare: “I noticed this Grey Heron gliding on the water of a small lake named the Sunset Dam, I found this amusing only to discover that the bird was balancing itself in a standing position on the back of a hippopotamus.
"When the hippo rose to the surface to breathe the bird quite elegantly repositioned itself, then spread his wings and flew off."