I'm filing this post under "Lifestyles of the Cute and Cuddly" even though, Smithsonian magazine informs us:
[...] lore has it that hippos kill more people each year than lions, elephants, leopards, buffaloes and rhinos combined.
Hippopotami can and have swallowed people whole. But that does not deter this worker at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka from cleaning a hippo's mouth and teeth with his hands and a brush.
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No one likes going to the dentist, even hippos, so good dental hygiene is a must!
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