Hippos are some of the earth’s largest land animals. Their name derives from Greek when they were called “river horses,” ...

You do not want to get on a hippopotamus’s bad side — it could be the last thing you do! These huge mammals can become ...

Bite force is the amount of pressure and force in an animal’s bite. It’s measured in psi (pounds per square inch). But no matter the unit of measurement when these mega-predators chomp down, you’d ...

With a bite force of 5,000 PSI, ... With 1,800 PSI, the bite of a hippopotamus is incredibly powerful. Photo Credit: Pexels. Jaguar’s strong jaws deliver a bite force of 1,500 PSI.

"The hippopotamus, with his ferocious jaw force, unique mouth size and sharp teeth, can easily bisect a human body in a single bite," the authors of the Oxford study wrote.

And with the strongest bite force of any land animal, you do not want to be anywhere near a hippo's mouth. A hippo can't swim. And because they are basically all muscle, they are too dense to float.

When body size is taken into consideration, their bite power is relatively low compared pound for pound with other animals, such as the hippo (1,827 pounds) and the saltwater crocodile—whose ...