The 'Beauty' Regime of Hippos | Spy In The Wild | BBC Earth

Our latest recruit goes deep undercover - and finds some unexpected beauty secrets!

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Spy In The Wild
The Spy Creatures are on another extraordinary mission as they discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies. Spy Wolf Cub joins a pack of arctic wolves, where a real cub's survival depends on friendships in one of the harshest environments in the world. Spy Cub is anointed into the pack by a she-wolf that marks him with her own scent. Spy Warthog meets some real warthogs and discovers the extraordinary relationship they have with mongoose. He even experiences the mongoose's personal grooming service as they explore every nook and cranny. Spy Hippo comes face to face with an angry hippo, before discovering their relationship below the surface with some very fishy skin clinicians. Spy Cobra meets the real meerkat mob and is quickly dispatched with a show of unified force. A walking and swimming Spy Crocodile finds the nest site of a real crocodile and reveals the extraordinary relationship they have with the tiny dikkop bird, who will not only stand up to the crocodile but joins them in a neighbourhood watch scheme against marauding monitor lizards. Spy Rattlesnake helps uncover the mysteries of prairie dogs - who have the most extraordinary and complex language in the animal world. In the colony, Spy Prairie Dog finds the cutest owls on earth and we learn how they rely upon each other for protection against coyotes.

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[azaleaflowers]

Narrator: He needs to be careful...

Hippo cam : *rams into another hippo*

[allaroundamazing]

“Spy hippo must avoid sudden movements”
Spy hippo: *motorboats by*

[AVIDSTINGRAYGAMING]

Fish sees the spy hippo: "Damn it's the cleanliest hippo we have ever seen"

[Chewbaccafruit]

0:47 "And they could be anywhere."
*slaps hippo's ass*

[hkincade]

“Spy Hippo wiggles ears to show confidence”

The narrator knows this for sure because he used to be a hippo.

[cherylsim]

“And they could be anywhere”

Almost immediately, literally smashes into one.

[Justin-ymce]

Omg mind blown when it showed it actually had a body underneath, I thought it was just a floating head 😂😂

[jackknifed_juggernaut]

3:29 I love the symbiotic relationship there, the fish get something to eat and the hippo gets it’s teeth cleaned, nature truly is beautiful

[darinchristine]

cant we take about how cute it his when they shake their ears

[JonQuint]

“Spy hippo isn’t real he can’t hurt you”
Spy hippo: 0_0

[MarkZyRandomVideos]

lol i thought spy hippo is just a floating hippo head, like fake crocodile head 😂😂😂until it dives haha

[isabelsaraa]

it’s littles ear wiggles are so cute 🥺😌

[EbolaSquirrel]

We need a muesem of all of these spy animals once they're retired.

[carolinegemini]

the fact that he kept saying “spy hippo” made me laugh so hard idk why

[amygirl]

Dang, can you imagine when the aliens send in a rubber “Spy Human” to learn about us?

[Azlynnnnn]

we're building the most sophisticated spy camera in the world, what does it need?
Wiggling ears.

[j.elizabeth]

When a hippo has better healthcare than you.

[jc-jznw]

Spy hippo but half the shots aren’t from the spy hippo’s camera LOL

[stephanieleth]

If it was so dangerous they needed spy hippo

WHO WAS FILMING SPY HIPPO SPYING

[inyamom]

I was high watching this yesterday. Animals amaze me. Hippos are very aggressive but to learn that they walk underwater, have a spa and meditate underwater is just mind blowing.