The findings suggest they are able to push the apparent limits of what giant land animals can do.
Hippos are most often pictured gliding through the water or lazing on a bank, but new research suggests the giant land creatures can become airborne for substantial periods of time.
The findings suggest they are able to push the apparent limits of what giant land animals can do, even though they are amphibious. “They’re also very dangerous. That’s part of the reason why science knew little about how hippos move before our research.“We were pleasantly surprised to see how hippos get airborne when they move quickly – it’s really impressive.”
Analysing the data, they found that unusually for land animals, hippos almost exclusively trot – even when slowly walking or quickly running.
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