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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher.

How many times have you debated with your friends

whether hippos use a standard quadrupedal walk or a trotting gate with diagonal feet moving in

synchrony.

How many times?

I mean, I can't, I can't count the times. Well now we know a study from the University of London's

Royal Veterinary College and I I love them has found that hippos can momentarily lift all four feet off the

ground when moving at full speed on land. Yes, hippos can fly. So I mean what this show has been a huge fan of hippopotamuses for years we've talked about

how many many years ago they tried to get hippopotamuses here in the United States to become

what we use as cattle now.

And obviously that did not work out.

But they're native to Sub-Saharan Africa,

one of the largest land mammals, adult males, average 3,300 pounds,

females average 2,800, almost 2,900 pounds, and they reach speeds of like 18 miles an hour, almost 19 miles an hour,

which I don't know if you ever had a hippo chase you but you don't realize how fast they are until one is chasing you. You can quote me on that.

Well, previous studies haven't confirmed how hippos could become airborne while moving quickly.

But now we know because this investigative team led by Professor John Hutchinson

and a veterinary student Emily Pringle filmed hippos at

Flamingo Land Resort and analyzed online videos.

They gathered and analyzed 169 strides from 32 hippos,

including two zoo hippos moving quickly around their paddock.

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