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This is the incredible moment two 3,000-pound hippos tore chunks out of each other as they fought for supremacy in the Mara North Conservancy in Kenya.
Brutal pictures captured the bloody battle as the fighting hippos locked jaws together for half an hour, sending spit and blood gushing from their mouths.
In one image, one hippo brutally impaled the other with his ivory tusk, as the fight neared its conclusion before one made a dash for the river with the victor in hot pursuit where the savage fight continued.
The intense images were shot by wildlife photographer Mike Dexter, 35, from Durban, South Africa, who took the photos from around 65-feet away, using a Canon 5D MK IV and a 100-400mm lens.
Posting the photos on his Instagram page on September 7,
