THE BIGGEST YAWN IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

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The hippopotamus is one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Females are especially aggressive when they have young. As well as seeing off predators, females have to protect their young from being bullied by grumpy males. Mothers each their young to stay close, giving them head butt or a nip if they wander off track, and if a mother needs to leave the crèche for any reason she places her calf with a female baby sitter. Hippopotamuses live in groups of 15 or more females and subordinate males, overned by a dominant male. He will scare off any challengers by opening his mouth  very wide and showing his enormous 50 cmm 20 in) long canine teeth. It is an awesome sight, since the hippopotamus has by far the largest mouth of any animal outside the oceans. Hippopotamuses are highly territorial and it pays not to stray into their domain: there are many reports of small boats being capsized by hippopotamuses and their occupants being gored to death. 

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