Hippopotamuses may look cute, but they are extremely dangerous creatures. They are so unpredictable that you never know when they will attack. Many people fall prey to hippos (Hippo can fly), which kill people by squeezing them in their powerful jaws. A male hippo weighs 1500 to 1800 kg, while a female weighs 1300-1500 kg. Despite being so heavy, hippos can fly! This claim has been made by researchers from a university in England.
According to Forbes report, researchers from Royal Veterinary College, London, University of London recently conducted a research on hippos, after which they have come to the conclusion that hippos can also fly. However, their flight is not as high as birds. Researchers found that when hippos run at their full speed, it happens many times that all four of their legs remain in the air. Hippos can run at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Whereas the running speed of a human is 13 kilometers per hour.
Hippos are considered extremely dangerous creatures. (Photo: Canva)
Scientists made a big claim about hippos
To carry out this research, Professor John Hutchinson of Evolutionary Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College and veterinary student Emily Pringle recorded the gait of hippos living at Flamengo Land Resort. They recorded 169 types of gait of 32 hippos. Apart from this, the gait of 2 hippos kept in the zoo was also recorded. The professor said that not enough work had been done on the gait of hippos before so that research could be carried out on its basis, because hippos are extremely violent creatures, who do not hesitate in attacking humans.
Hippos stay in the air while running!
The research found that while an elephant can only walk, a rhinoceros can walk, run slowly and run fast by jumping, hippos run by jumping. When hippos run at full speed, they jump like horses. But the uniqueness in their gait is that they lift all their four legs in the air while running. This happens up to 15 percent of the time while running. They do this once for about 0.3 seconds. This art of staying in the air cannot be called just jumping. Their gait is quite different from other creatures, due to which this research is being considered very important. The research said that they run so fast that it seems as if they are flying.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 6, 2024, 11:05 IST
