What a big boss! Hippo bathes with a 'cigar' in its mouth - CGTN

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

A hippo enjoying its moment in Nile River. With a stick in its mouth like a cigar, the giant beast looks just like a big boss! /VCG

The hilariously timed photo shows a hippo looking like its smoking a "cigar." The hippo was photographed by 32-year-old Russian photographer Julia Sundukova at the Nile River close to Murchison Falls in northern Uganda. Julia said: "the hippo was totally savoring the moment – sunbathing in last for the day sun rays, been massaged by blue Nile's water, chewing a wood stick."

(Cover photo via VCG)

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