{"id":2174254,"date":"2024-04-06T18:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2174254"},"modified":"2024-04-06T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T07:41:13","slug":"need-a-moment-of-zen-watch-a-sleepy-hippo-enjoying-a-fish-spa-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/need-a-moment-of-zen-watch-a-sleepy-hippo-enjoying-a-fish-spa-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a Moment of Zen? Watch a Sleepy Hippo Enjoying a Fish Spa Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sleepy hippo taking an underwater nap while being groomed by a school of fish is just the \u2018moment of zen\u2019 we needed on Hump Day.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows a Nile Hippopotamus waking up and bobbing to the surface for air while enjoying the fish spa treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The African Cichlid fish can be seen picking bits of dead skin off of the large mammal\u2019s body as he settles back down and goes to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The fish sometimes swim into hippos\u2019 mouths to clean bits of food from their teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Hippos can sleep for up to 16 hours a day, despite only being able to hold their breath for about five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>They have a reflex that will bob their head up for air without waking them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Watch Sleepy Hippo Enjoy a Fish Spa Treatment Underwater\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4Q7oQ45_-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/need-a-moment-of-zen-watch-a-sleepy-hippo-enjoying-a-fish-spa-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article\u00a0<\/a><\/i><i>was first published by Good News Network on 27 March 2024. 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