• GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

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

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      3 months ago

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

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        3 months ago

        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.