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Sleepy hippo enjoys fish spa treatment from his tropical fish tank mates

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A sleepy hippo took an underwater nap and enjoyed a grooming by his tank mates.

The Nile Hippopotamus, Timothy, can be seen waking up and bobbing to the surface for air whilst getting the spa treatment from African Cichlid fish.

The fish can be seen picking bits of dead skin off of the large mammals body as he settles back down and goes to sleep.

The fish sometimes swim into Timothy's mouth to clean bits of food from his teeth in their tank at San Antonio Zoo in Texas, USA.

Hippos can sleep for up to 16 hours a day, despite only being able to hold their breath for about five minutes.

They have a reflex that will bob their head up for air without waking them.

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