Professor John R. Hutchinson: Now CNN is on it. Yeah, slow news day indeed. Nothing going on but trotting hippos. edition.cnn.com/2024/07/04/s... I'm chuckling. It's probably the simplest study I've ever done, but I'm glad people like it. I do, too.

Now CNN is on it. Yeah, slow news day indeed. Nothing going on but trotting hippos. edition.cnn.com/2024/07/04/s... I'm chuckling. It's probably the simplest study I've ever done, but I'm glad people like it. I do, too.

Our new paper in PeerJ: we show with basic video footage that hippos essentially only trot even at near-maximal speeds, and at those speeds they do get airborne with all four feet. Which, to our knowledge, is new to science -- and cool! peerj.com/articles/176... 🧵: twitter.com/JohnRHutchin...

Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on landpeerj.com Common hippopotamuses (hippos) are among the largest extant land mammals. They thus offer potential further insight into how giant body size on land influences locomotor patterns and abilities. Furthe...

High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study | CNNedition.cnn.com Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study.

Is this like Eadweard Muybridge's discovery that horses have all 4 hooves off the ground when galloping?

Yes, I feel like it is an homage to that momentous event. Muybridge filmed all kinds of stuff, but not hippos AFAIK.

So, what you’re saying is that hippos are capable of low level flight. Thus making them even more dangerous.

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I guess that flying pig is actually a hippo.

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