Non-nonsensical headline and brief summary of hipoos gaits: evidently they have been observed reaching a trot, which does include moments where two feet are coming up, and two down, thus for that brief moment, the hippo is ‘suspended’ or… “”“airborne”“”.
Happy to help put a little getty-up in your get-along, haha!
I feel like I am part of a rather rare confluence of relavant demographics here:
Was raised around horses, have dated horse girls, have ridden and cared for horses.
Have been a copy editor for a student newspaper.
Have also done a lot of game modding and aleays been a tech dork, so the kinematics/mechanics of properly animated horses are also interesting that way.
https://www.horsesandus.com/the-4-basic-horse-gaits-explained/
Neat breakdown of walk vs trot vs canter vs gallop, for horses.
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/hippos-dont-fly-but-the-massive-animals-can-get-airborne-2
Non-nonsensical headline and brief summary of hipoos gaits: evidently they have been observed reaching a trot, which does include moments where two feet are coming up, and two down, thus for that brief moment, the hippo is ‘suspended’ or… “”“airborne”“”.
When I woke up this morning, I didn’t anticipate I’d be spending 15 minutes reading about how horses walk, but it was well worth that time!
Happy to help put a little getty-up in your get-along, haha!
I feel like I am part of a rather rare confluence of relavant demographics here:
Was raised around horses, have dated horse girls, have ridden and cared for horses.
Have been a copy editor for a student newspaper.
Have also done a lot of game modding and aleays been a tech dork, so the kinematics/mechanics of properly animated horses are also interesting that way.