Researcher: “Well, you see, when hippos run very fast, there are moments when their four limbs are in the air, it’s as if-”
Journalist: “HIPPOPOTAMOS CAN FLY!!! THE FUCKING HIPPOS FLY!!! A HIPPO JUST HIT THE PENTAGON!”
Ok Georgie boy, you’ve trained for this. Sit and wait for your handler. Just sit and wait for your handler.
And it is now the penta gone!
Ok I’ll see myself out…
And it is now the penta gone!
Ok I’ll see myself out.
deleted by creator
https://www.horsesandus.com/the-4-basic-horse-gaits-explained/
Neat breakdown of walk vs trot vs canter vs gallop, for horses.
Non-nonsensical headline and brief summary of hipoos gaits: evidently they have been observed reaching a trot, which does include moments where two feet are coming up, and two down, thus for that brief moment, the hippo is ‘suspended’ or… “”“airborne”“”.
Fun fact: if a hippo runs fast enough they can travel trough time
Ahctually it’s not running unless all feet are off the ground at some point.
Only for bipedals. Quadrupedal animals can well keep a leg on the ground at all times even when moving at speed. To borrow from another comment here: Would you call a stampeding elephant “walking”?
Just to chase flying pigs.
