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minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 days agoThat was in fact what inspired the question
minus-squareInitiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoThat’s much more significant of a difference for bipedal animals, so mostly just humans. 1 of 2 legs vs. 1 of 4 legs touching the ground. Elephants will never get airborne, but you certainly wouldn’t describe a stampeding elephant as “walking”
minus-squarespankinspinach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 days agoA herd of elephants race walked past town today. 1 dead, 3 injured. It has a weird amount of drama to it
That was in fact what inspired the question
That’s much more significant of a difference for bipedal animals, so mostly just humans. 1 of 2 legs vs. 1 of 4 legs touching the ground. Elephants will never get airborne, but you certainly wouldn’t describe a stampeding elephant as “walking”
A herd of elephants race walked past town today. 1 dead, 3 injured.
It has a weird amount of drama to it