Hippos are some of the earth’s largest land animals. Their name derives from Greek when they were called “river horses,” although “river cows” might have been a better description. These ferocious ...

Tourists can get up close and personal with wildlife when they stay in safari camps at Kruger National Park. You never know ...

Hippos are horrible at chewing, and their giant tusks and front teeth are to blame. These intimidating dental features are used by hippos, in part, to protect themselves and their territory.

A viral video showed a hippo getting its teeth cleaned by a caretaker, delighting viewers with the calm interaction and sparking joyful comments online. Friday, Jul 11, 2025.

The result is 30,860 pounds of hippo teeth—the equivalent from 2,700 hippos, or 2% of the animal's global population—overlooked, reports Quartz.

Hippo teeth are not easy to come by, Chritz says. The teeth haven't been used before for isotope analysis due to the difficulty of obtaining samples from a wide range of time periods.

Brian told Newsflash: "We have three hippos, two females and a male. In the footage, I am not brushing their teeth, but checking their mouths for bruises or anything out of the ordinary.

In 2014 Uganda, increasingly worried about falling hippo numbers, banned the trade in hippo teeth, which had been legal. But the wildlife authority says that since the ban the flow of hippo ivory ...

With the biggest hippo teeth importer, Hong Kong, set to implement a domestic ivory ban in 2021, it’s possible that even more people will want hippo ivory. You May Also Like. ANIMALS.

Investigators have examined the case of hippo teeth and revealed discordance in trade volumes declared between importers and exporters -- a scenario that could threaten the survival of the species.

Why a strange obsession with hippo teeth, skin and bones might cause the U.S. to classify them as endangered. By Maggie Koerth. May 2, 2022, at 6:00 AM GETTY IMAGES.

Hippo teeth are not easy to come by, Chritz says. The teeth haven't been used before for isotope analysis due to the difficulty of obtaining samples from a wide range of time periods.