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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Presumably the hippo also needs to ride a bike on that stretch, so they probably aren't managing their full running speed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're right, they're probably faster than their running speed given humans are faster on a bicycle than running too.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe if you engineered some new pedal vehicle that is no longer really a bike, but hippos have neither the build nor the kind of gross motor skills (or prehensile forelimbs) needed to be successful as a high-level bicyclist.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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