It's a cute cartoon, playing on the classic joke about (humans) peeing in pools - but I don't think it works to well with hippos. Hippos are anything but shy when it comes to their excretory events - especially those concerning solids. Far from being a stealthy motion, hippo bowel movements are quite... explosive.
When a hippo defecates, it does so while whirring its tiny tail in the onslaught of oncoming poop like a little motor. There are little hairs on the tail that are shaped in just such a way as to help spread the manure as a spray in all directions. This the hippo then uses to mark its territory. I can see why it works. I certainly want their territory after it's been covered in all of that.
And you thought it was dangerous being in front of a hippo.
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