• myliltoehurts@lemm.ee
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    2 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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      2 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.