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????Hippos move like torpedoes under water ????
Jan 10, 2018 5:30 AM
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IdunnooooMaybeYes
Must...paddle... faster!!!
SlickerThanNick
they spin their little tails like a propellor
niferisalurker
I want to see what it looks like underwater, like do they kick their feet like a dog or do move like a dolphin.
kageboshi
MrNobodyLivesHere
And they kill more people today than torpedoes do.....
palpameme
It would've been nice to see it underwater.
uhhhhhhalex
Okay, but that’s fucking terrifying considering how territorial they are. That hippo was probably comin to fuck that boat up, yo.
OhnnyTsunami
Surprise motherfucka
mshrake
I want to see the underwater view. How do they propel themselves with stubby feet?
DontTemptMeWithAGoodTime
Do they run across the bottom or what, cause they don’t look like they have many other mechanisms to move fast!
NorthCrown
These are actually the most dangerous motherfuckers around. Don't gove a fuck about lions.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Which is scary as shit, since they don't have a rudder for a tail or flippers. Plus, they weigh a cool ton and a half. F that.
HodgeNPodge
Jesus that is terrifying.
Jok3r64
How do you know what I want to see, before I see it
shahbrahdaman
This is sped up though.
lokishadowgirl
which is why, in an area where lions, hyenas, cheetahs, crocs and other predators live, hippos are the deadliest animals
apeinui
MURDERCOW TO PORT! EVASIVE ACTION!
EVERYTHINGFUCKINGZEUS
eyesaucelease
That’s frightening
mypatronusisanoctopus23
Hippo=murder marshmallow.
LightningMcQueef
He looks hungry hungry
INeedTities
AAAAHHHH A HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOO!
Adyle
It's weird to think that hippos are insects.
LosPer
It's correct to know they are most closely related whales...
ICantFindTheRightUsername
That is wierd to think.
thejohnspecko
ElbowDeepInAHeadlessHorseman
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shaminicole
wow. this is anxiety in a nutshell +1
keikomoondragon
JIJI!!!
TechnicallySpeakingImAWhatever
KIKI!!!
hoptastically
TheBestRussian
Did you know hippos can’t swim or float? Apparently they run on the bottom and push off. And somehow manage to reach insane speeds.
dmbelafan
airmack
She is so pretty. The Hippo and the girl.
BlackPengu
FASTER GARY IT’s RIGHT BEHIND US
LapisSea
RogueLanguageModel
majestic af
ButtsandBewbs
For some reason I don't like this gif. She's terrified but smiling and happy at the same time...?
laxstateofmind
Have u seen the commercial? it makes more sense with the voice
ButtsandBewbs
I thought it was from some TV show
Rhulain
Customer service. Never not be smiling.
Galvanax
Smiles of fear, the mind is so terrified it doesn't know how to react so it goes with the easiest thing it can, smiling.
JustInTime4TheHollandaise
Not true. I cannot move like that underwater.
k1dicarus1
https://youtu.be/Su7GkqwxG08
SailingSteak975
Underrated comment of the day
BuiltLikeATruckCuddlyLikeATeddyBear
You're a torpedo?!
IDontAgreeWithAnything
No. They run along the bottom at about 5mph. This video is sped up and slowed down at the end. They're not agile water monsters.
Etrigan77
5mph is faster than I go on land ... so think on!
k1dicarus1
It looks faster than 5mph https://youtu.be/Su7GkqwxG08
PeePeeFrictionPleasure
That said, they're still water monsters tho
DietCokeIsTheBest
That seems closer to walking to me
IDontAgreeWithAnything
Power hippo walking, but that's a lot of water to displace while moving without streamline shape and a strong tale.
Meltemi
Yeah, sadly, all their stories read like Bulwer-Lytton award candidates.
Ooolovelyjubbly
I was gonna ask if anyone has seen an underwater recording of them going fast
IDontAgreeWithAnything
No. It's just graceful pushing off the bottom. Still, Dangerous though.
Ooolovelyjubbly
Similar to me thinking Im graceful pushing myself out of bed every morning but in reality...1/2
Ooolovelyjubbly
2/2... I look like a potato trying to get up then realising I have no arms and legs.
Synai
They didn't strike me as very hydrodynamic, I have to say
DrSharkbite
newtle
that’s definitely a crocodile, not a hippo
samsonguy920
That's less a torpedo and more a riverboat if comparing by grace.
samsonguy920
For those wondering, riverboats can be very fast, just not smooth in the water.
DearAbbi
Thats probably the easiest meal he has ever had.
ShadowDrake83
That's what you call 'Taking one for the team'.
TheBestRussian
That’s fucking terrifying. And the deer is so oblivious. Although I don’t see how it could possibly have escaped.
STGxDante
Almost seems like he sacrificed himself.
rvcaptn
but why
UndeadRaziel7
That is one.... Hungry hungry hippo
GrundleFondler
More like see you later alligator
breakingbadmike
Actually.. It’s an After While Crocodile
UndeadRaziel7
Did you just assume it's species?! Lol jk
bigpeeler
The name "hippopotamus" means "water or river horse". Now you see why.
Poopinwhilebrowsing
Well a hippo you are not. They class you as a land whale.
sha13
river horse
highteck9
How do they get so fast. I’m fat and I can’t do that.
craque
So this is more of a seahorse than a seahorse is?
BanThisIfYouDare
No way. If I have learned something from Imgur is that Hippopotamus means "WATER PUPPY".
CaptainFeed
don't treat a hippo like a puppy.
BanThisIfYouDare
No way. If I have learned something from Imgur is that Hippopotamus means "WATER PUPPY".
BanThisIfYouDare
Whatever thing you say with the word "puppy" always has downvotes... LOL I LOVE IMGUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gbtronic
The Swedish translation flodhäst translates to river horse
sugarlessgumybear
For me it means. Nono hard water cow
Nocan
I'm the hiphopopatamus, my lyrics are bottomless
Procrastinatorsapprentice
TheBestRussian
My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment I made all the ladies in the front row pregnant
capefling
Flodhest in Norwegian, meaning "flood horse" :) Never thouht about why..
gurimalla47
Flod=river. Hest=horse. Riverhorse
Nocan
Flod = flood. Elv = river
gurimalla47
River=flod. Oversvømmelse=flood.
gurimalla47
Flod=river. Flood=oversvømmelse
capefling
Det var poenget mitt :) flod/elv
gurimalla47
Flood=oversvømmelse. Floodhorse blir da oversvømmelseshest.
gurimalla47
Du skrev flood, ikke flod
ElaineThreepwood
In German they're just called Nilpferd (Nil-horse), after the big African river. We're lazy and very literal.
chloramphenicolderivative
In Denmark it's "flodhest" flod=river hest=horse.
GoodGuyGonzo
*Flusspferd
ElaineThreepwood
It's called different things in different parts of Germany. Flusspferd (river horse) or Nilpferd (Nil horse)
OctopusJesus
Same with dutch, nijlpaard but dutch is just scuffed german.
ThunderSnail
Same with serbian, nilski konj. Serbs are just poor uneducated slavic dutch.
TheBestRussian
Germans? Lazy? No. Literal and practical? Yes.
ElaineThreepwood
Oh we are! Well at least when it comes to naming things, for example gloves = handshoes, mantises = God worshipper -for its hands are folded
ElaineThreepwood
hippo = Nil horse of course, skyscraper = high house, bunk bed = high bed, rhino=nose horn and so many more
WoefulWombat
Which part is "river" and which part is "horse"?
FuckYouCancer
In swedish a hipoo is named "flodhäst" which translates to river-horse
Nocan
Well, flood-horse
QuamvisSintSubAqua
Flusspferd
Ampel
It's a latinized version of the greek "hippos" > horse and "potamos" > river
sha13
hippo -> ίππος -> horse. potamus -> ποταμός -> river
SuckAnElf
So the Potomac river is actually River river?
ZOMGNO
River of Swans. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Potomac