Thank you nature! Luck is always a welcomed ingredient in our work! While following a group of Hippos in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve a group of giraffes showed up in the background and surprised us a bit by crossing the river. Serendipitous and beautiful in the landscape. I said out loud to myself; now all we need is a nice big yawn from the closest hippo... And voilà! It's no secret that hippos love water, which is why the Greeks named them the "river horse." Hippos can spend more than 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun. Hippos are graceful in water and can hold their breath underwater for up to five minutes! #tanzania#bestjobintheworld#conservation#artistduoalexandrovklum#africa#ecosystem#protectbiodiversity#ecosystemengineer#beauty#power@natgeo@irisalexandrov@alexandrovklumofficial
Birds II, 2019 (excerpt)
Today, yet another day to create moments of awareness for the natural world around us.
(Did you know it’s a special day today? Today is the day for honouring biological diversity. UN started this initiative as a day to raise awareness to all living beings around us. It’s about to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, since we are completely dependent on healthy ecosystems, not only for nature itself but for the survival of us humans.
The theme in 2022 is “Building a shared future for all life”, that has its foundation on the UN decade of restoration. Of course it makes sense to create these moments any day, every day.)
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