ooli@lemmy.world to Biology@mander.xyz · 5 months agoHippos can launch themselves airborne for split seconds at a time, surprising scientistswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up155
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI kind of thought elephants might be able to do little jumps. Maybe not though.
minus-squarepixeltreelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoNope! 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
Elephants, probably rhinos, tortoises
I kind of thought elephants might be able to do little jumps. Maybe not though.
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