British wildlife photographers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas captured this image of the brightly coloured hippo in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Visiting the African country on the hunt to photograph the legendary wildebeest migration the brothers were in for a treat when rumours of a pink hippo surfaced.
The hippo is pink because it is 'leucistic' [a condition characterised by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans], and not an albino since it does have some pigmented spots and dark eyes. Usually leucistic and albino animals do not survive in the wild as they are very visible to predators and they get serious sunburn.
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