Hipporthodontics
Hippos are primarily grazers. Grass is plucked by the firm powerful leathery lips & is ground down by the huge molars in the back of the jaw. The canines and incisors are enormously enlarged with the former being used exclusively for fighting and the latter primarily for digging.
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Hipporthodontics
Hippos are primarily grazers. Grass is plucked by the firm powerful leathery lips & is ground down by the huge molars in the back of the jaw. The canines and incisors are enormously enlarged with the former being used exclusively for fighting and the latter primarily for digging.
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Uploaded on December 14, 2014
Taken on July 25, 2013