Comment on Hippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientists
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Is this also called jumping?
Many mammals and other animals are capable of this.
Comment on Hippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientists
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Is this also called jumping?
Many mammals and other animals are capable of this.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Elephants, probably rhinos
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I kind of thought elephants might be able to do little jumps. Maybe not though.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months 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