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  2. Animal Face-Off - Wikipedia

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    Soon, the hippopotamus submerges and spots the deadly shark. The enraged hippo comes towards the shark, and the shark comes towards the hippo, who then opens his mouth, revealing his huge sharp foot-long canine teeth, but the bull shark keeps coming and is finally crushed and killed when the larger hippo closes his mouth on him, ending the fight.

  3. Rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    A rhinoceros (/ r aɪ ˈ n ɒ s ər ə s / ry-NOSS-ə-rəss; from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs) 'nose-horned'; from ῥίς (rhis) 'nose' and κέρας (kéras) 'horn'; [1] pl.: rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family ...

  4. Hippopotamus - Wikipedia

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    Hippopotamus skull, showing the large canines and incisors used for fighting. The hippopotamus is a megaherbivore and is exceeded in size among land animals only by elephants and some rhinoceros species. The mean adult weight is around 1,480 kg (3,260 lb) for bulls and 1,365 kg (3,009 lb) for cows.

  5. Pachydermata - Wikipedia

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    A hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) An Indian rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis ) Pachydermata (meaning 'thick skin', from the Greek παχύς , pachys , 'thick', and δέρμα , derma , 'skin') is an obsolete order of mammals described by Gottlieb Storr , Georges Cuvier , and others, at one time recognized by many systematists .

  6. Indian rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros or Indian rhino, is a species of rhinoceros found in the Indian subcontinent. It is the second largest living rhinoceros species, with adult males weighing 2.07–2.2 t (2.04–2.17 long tons; 2.28–2.43 short tons) and adult ...

  7. Hippo Facts That Will Amaze (and Terrify) You - AOL

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    On land, a hippo can run up to 19 miles per hour, and their sheer weight and density allow them to push through water with surprising force. In other words, ...

  8. List of heaviest land mammals - Wikipedia

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    The heaviest land mammal is the African bush elephant, which has a weight of up to 10.1 t (11.1 short tons).It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kg (500 lb) of vegetation a day.

  9. Black rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    The black rhinoceros can also be distinguished from the white rhinoceros by its size, smaller skull, and ears; and by the position of the head, which is held higher than the white rhinoceros, since the black rhinoceros is a browser and not a grazer. Black rhinoceros female, with a red-billed oxpecker and scratches on skin, in Nairobi National Park