Hippo Style.

May 27, 2017 5:58 AM

Armed to the teeth. Behind his huge tusks he has 28 2 inch long molars and premolars, they grind down food before ingestion.

With one of the most powerful bites on the planet they can make short work of solid flesh.

The dissident suffered humiliation of losing his tail to his opponent's teeth.

Now the hot shot at the mercy of gaping jaws; the challengers molars mash the open wounds.

Then he inflicts final indignity. He mounts him to show his dominance, there's a new king of the pod and he lets the world know it hippo style.

Did you know: The really clever thing about hippos is that they produce their own sunscreen, in the form of a sticky reddish sweat. It has told Nature magazine the oily secretion is made up of two unstable pigments - one red, the other orange.

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