British wildlife photographers capture images of rare pink hippo

British brothers and wildlife photographers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas captured images of the brightly coloured, rare pink hippo in the Masai Mara, Kenya, last week. 

“Our guide had mentioned that he had heard rumors of this rare hippo from a fellow guide, however, he was not told where it lived and he had never come across it before,” Mail Online quoted 26-year-old Will as saying.

“After a rather uneventful morning, we stopped on the banks of the Mara River for a picnic breakfast. After a while, to our great surprise, we spotted the pink hippo emerge on to the far bank of the river. We dropped everything and reached for our cameras!” told Will.

The rare pink hippo was a young one as it is much smaller than the other hippos and always stayed close to its mother, told brothers.

“The pink hippo seemed perfectly happy as it bumbled around on the shore and other than its skin, was no different to any other hippo. It was out on the shore for 10 minutes or less. After that we spotted his pink head surface above the water every few minutes as he came up for air. It was also very shy and after spotting us it hid behind its mother before disappearing into the water,” said Will.