Hippo!
How do you persuade an irate hippo to pose for your underwater cameras? On an expedition to study the wildlife of Africa's inland shorelines, Cousteau tries several methods.
A plastic life-sized hippo called ' Lolita,' concealing two divers, proves hilarious but unsuccessful; so Cousteau moves to another lake only to find that it's the mating season for hippos and the massive animals are aggressive and unpredictable.
Two remote-controlled cameras have to be used but are soon smashed by a charging hippo. So there's nothing left but to risk going into the pool with the restive hippos ...
Narrated by JACQUES COUSTEAU and HUGH FALKUS
A production of LES REQUINS associes and METROMEDIA PRODUCERS CORPORATION