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Hippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientists (www.businessinsider.com)
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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is this also called jumping?

Many mammals and other animals are capable of this.

Edit: in fact I’m having a difficult time thinking of animals that can’t do this. Maybe turtles and worms? Shellfish, cephalopods?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Elephants, probably rhinos, tortoises

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I kind of thought elephants might be able to do little jumps. Maybe not though.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days 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

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Just another reason to make them even more scary.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

they fly now!

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