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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 113 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I mean, anything can become airborne for a substantial period of time if you have a large enough trebuchet.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well that's a terrifying concept. Flung hippos

[–] FoolishObserver@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Flung Hippo.

New band name. I called it!!

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm going for flung hung hippos

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

hip hip flippos

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't copyright it. That's mine now.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would make for a terrible board game.

[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's not their necks that extend this time!

[–] wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Or if its thrown out an airplane

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What's a substantial period of time? Like a gallop?

Edit: they only gallop when babies but they generally trot which by definition includes short periods were nothing is touching the ground.

The key finding here is that they trot which includes a suspension phase. Elephants for example trot generally only as babies and reportedly sometimes downhill as adults.

Rhinos, by comparison, even gallop.

Fucking trots. Even tankies hate them. Goddamn trot hippos.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/science/hippo-airborne-study-scli-intl-scn#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+team+also+found+that+hippos+almost%2Cto+a+gallop+depending+on+their+speed.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago

It's from Sky News, so it checks out. They know what's happening above us.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Sir, a second skyhippo has hit the tower"

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“And a 3rd skyhippo has crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.”

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I knew they just copied a regular hippo for Elden Ring DLC