‘True sumos’: Video of two hippopotamuses fighting leaves netizens amazed

A video of two hippopotamuses butting heads and opening their huge jaws wide to try and clamp down on the throats of others is doing rounds on the internet. While sharing the short clip on Twitter on July 25, IFS Officer Susanta Nanda called the battle between the two animals a ‘raw jaw power’. In the clip, one can see the two hippos desperately trying to get the upper hand. 

Hippos are extremely temperamental animals, with males usually fighting for space when resources are running low or they get overcrowded. While sharing the short clip, Nanda even explained that hippos can open its mouth to 150 degrees. He further explained that their bite is one of the ‘deadliest’ with a force of nearly 2,000 pounds per square inch. 

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'True sumos of animal kingdom' 

Since shared, the clip has garnered hundreds of likes and several comments. While one internet user informed that hippopotamus is the ‘world’s deadliest large land mammal’, others called the animals the “true sumos of the animal kingdom!!”. One Twitter user was also amazed to see the hippos lifting each other with their jaws. The user wrote, “Wow! Look at the lift”. 

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