Hungry Hippos!

Over the years, I have shared a lot of photos of cows grazing on this blog… but never QUITE like this.

Let me introduce you to the smartest cows on our place – and possibly the luckiest.

They belong in a paddock known as ‘The Bridge’. (Earlier posts in this location HERE and HERE).

‘The Bridge’ is bounded along one side by a river which ebbs and flows (or not, depending on the flood/drought situation at the time).

We have had a reasonable storm season here – catching the edges of quite a few rain events and enjoying a green outlook. We certainly haven’t had the massive falls North Queensland has endured in early 2025 – poor buggars. The bovines up north needed flippers in some places!

Currently, our river is host to a massive influx of water lily plants* across the shallower water at the upper end of the paddock. (*I think? Nymphaea alba or Nymphaea violacea? I haven’t noticed the colour of the flowers on them but could be Blue Waterlily.)

And apparently water lily greenery is SCRUMPTIOUS. Have you ever seen such happy hippos/cows?

The weights in these girls are pretty amazing – who knew water lilies were such great fodder for bovines? Not me… (and aren’t you glad that Mature Cow Weight is a regular scientific measure in bovines and not humans! I am, that’s for sure!)

Of course, there is also the added bonus of the cooling properties of water – summer has been a HOT one here. (Regularly in the high 30C’s and low 40C’s).

Like I said, we have very smart cows.

How’s the weather treating you in your corner of the world? Do you have a version of Hungry Hippos in your back yard??