Analysis shows hippos get all four feet off the ground at once up to 15% of the time when at full pelt
Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, said the work helped piece together the evolution of locomotion in large land animals.Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, said the work helped piece together the evolution of locomotion in large land animals.
And so to researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, whose painstaking examination of footage of the creatures revealed that when the hefty herbivores reach top speed they do indeed take off. The finding plugs a gap in scientific knowledge and places hippos somewhere between elephants and rhinos in terms of the athletic prowess displayed by some of the heaviest land animals when they need to get a move on.
The researchers went through it, and more gathered from YouTube, frame by frame to see whether hippos ever managed to get all four feet off the ground at once., they conclude that, unlike other large mammals, hippos typically stick to a trotting movement what ever speed they are moving at, but can become airborne in a rush.Other large land animals move differently. Elephants have a standard walking gait even at high speed and never fully leave the ground.
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