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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MutilationWave 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)