The Mara River makes the perfect home for hippos. They graze the surrounding ... with tusk–like canine teeth in jaws that have a gape of 150 degrees. The young are more vulnerable though ...

Deepening restrictions on ivory trafficking have led to an increase of the trade in hippopotamus teeth, wildlife campaigners are warning, with potentially serious effects for a species already ...

Would the rhino’s horn be more powerful than the hippo’s long sharp teeth? Neither of them looks like they would be fast but ...

Hippos, killer whales and sperm whales are targeted for their teeth, while narwhals and walruses are hunted for their tusks. An investigation in 2022 by conservation charity Born Free found 621 ...

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