LARGE HIPPOPOTAMUS DENTITION DISPLAY. ...

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LARGE HIPPOPOTAMUS DENTITION DISPLAY
Hippopotamus amphibius
More people are killed by Hippos in Africa than by Rhinos, Elephants, Lions and Cape Buffalos combined. The giant "Water Horse" is very territorial and its giant ivory tusks can be used like a sharpened baseball bat on intruders into their space. They can also be very aggressive out of the water, and their apparently lumbering size is very deceptive: they can attain speeds estimated up to 30mph over short distances. This display boasts six pairs of tusks (a full set) of Record Book size, with the large curving canines measuring 27¼ x 26½ around the outside curves. Each has been repaired and stabilized with a filling and comes mounted on a round wooden panel 34½ inches in diameter, with the carved image of a hippopotamus at the center.

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