Permanent water in arid areas attracts species that require drinking water daily and also some adapted for semiaquatic existence. Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) live in groups in water and can submerge for as long as six minutes. The rarely seen sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii), the most aquatic of antelopes, sometimes submerges to its nostrils to hide. Along with other species of antelope pictured here are birds, papyrus reeds, and grasses typical of the Upper Nile marshlands. One of these is the shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), a secretive, solitary bird whose unique bill may be a modification for digging up lungfish, one of its chief foods.

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