Given their huge size, there is no question as to why hippopotamuses are one of the most feared mammals. Apart from their bulky appearance, they also have an odd-looking mouth that features huge, ...

Have you ever seen a hippo get its teeth brushed? This video from CGTN Español shows how a zookeeper cleans the teeth of a very cooperative hippo. The friendly hippo keeps its massive mouth open for ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A zookeeper showed his bravery here as he checked the teeth of a ...

They're rumoured to kill more humans than lions every year. But that didn't stop a brave zoo keeper at Qingdao Wildlife World in east China's Shandong province practising a bit of dental hygiene on ...

A special bond between a senior zookeeper at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and a hippo led to a trusting moment.Tucker, the zoo's 4,500-pound hippo, had a misaligned tooth that caused his ...

Hippos are horrible at chewing, and their giant tusks and front teeth are to blame. These intimidating dental features are used by hippos, in part, to protect themselves and their territory. But some ...

SEATTLE — Water Lily, Woodland Park Zoo's 45-year-old hippopotamus, underwent dental surgery on Wednesday, according to a blog post. The north Seattle zoo said Thursday Lily is "healing well" after ...

Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK. Excavations at Westbury Cave in Somerset have uncovered a million-year-old hippo tooth which shows the animal roamed ...