# Hippo-Hop

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 17, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hop/731554 "2015-09-17T12:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hop/731554/1 "2015-09-17T12:24:58Z")

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Weird Hippopotamus capability/behavior I’ve never heard of before

[http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/downtime/hair-raising-hippo-hopping/vi-AAebOgz?ocid=DELLDHP](http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/downtime/hair-raising-hippo-hopping/vi-AAebOgz?ocid=DELLDHP)

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> Hippos are one of the most territorial and dangerous animals in Africa. They have evolved to do many things underwater–even sleep. But perhaps most shocking is the uncanny and terrifying speed at which hippos “bounce” underwater closing the distance between themselves and a perceived threat.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hop/731554/2 "2015-09-17T12:31:19Z")

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There’s nothing that can’t be reduced to a scientific paper. Here’s one on Hippopotamus locomotion in water:

[http://darwin.wcupa.edu/~biology/fish/pubs/pdf/2009JM%20Hippo.pdf](http://darwin.wcupa.edu/~biology/fish/pubs/pdf/2009JM%20Hippo.pdf)

HIPPOPOTAMUS UNDERWATER LOCOMOTION: REDUCEDGRAVITY  
MOVEMENTS FOR A MASSIVE MAMMAL

BRITTANY L. COUGHLIN AND FRANK E. FISH\*

Journal of Mammalogy, 90(3):675–679, 2009