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This isn’t a yawn.It’s a warning.
A dominant male hippo can open his mouth up to 150°, sometimes even wider at full stretch. Those massive lower canines can grow up to 50 cm long, and they’re not for eating. They’re built for battle.
When a bull opens his jaws like this, he’s claiming territory. A silent message to every rival: this river is mine.
Fights between males are brutal, 1.5 tons of muscle colliding head-on, tusks slashing, deep wounds that tell stories of survival. Most of the time, though, displays like this prevent the fight before it even begins.
