Hippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientists (www.businessinsider.com)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Nope! They never needed to so they didn't evolve the ability. Also, they have so much mass that accelerating that mass quick enough to jump would probably injure them, the landing as well. Newton's a bitch

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