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Flamingo Land: Hippos can run so fast they ‘fly through the air’

When comparing their videos to online footage of hippos moving, they found the animals were able to almost trot, even when walking slowly or running quickly.

Prof Hutchinson, who was the lead author of the study, said it was “really impressive” to see how hippos got airborne when they moved quickly.

He said: “It’s hard to work with hippos as they tend to stick to the water and very seldom are trained to be studied in zoo collections.

“They’re also very dangerous. That’s part of the reason why science knew little about how hippos move before our research.


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