Talk:Hippopotamus
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Which is the strongest, the Elephant, Rhinoceros, or the Hippopotamus? Edward 19:32, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Define "strong". Clearly, neither rhino nor hippo can lift heavy objects with their trunks... DS 12:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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How fast is a hippo?
Anyone know? I´ve heard 50 kp/h underwater. Can that be true?
While it is accepted that a hippo can run faster than a human on land, there are various estimates of its actual running speed. Some web-sites claim 18 mph (30 kmph), while others record 30 mph or 40 kmph. I believe they can do around 8 kmph in water.
Ancient Greek name
I put in the correct Unicode, but this may not be rendered correctly with some browsers. I had good results with Firefox on XP, but it appears that out-of-the-box IE 6 on XP does not appear to support polytonic Greek on wikipedia (I just see a square with an accent for the iota with acute accent and rough breathing mark). I think this may be an issue with the font wikimedia uses. I looked at Special characters and it just said to use Firefox :-( — Mmm 23:24, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
Switching units twice in mid-sentence!
"claim 18 mph (30 km/h), while others record 40 km/h (25 mph) or even 30 mph (48 km/h)" I find that nearly illegible -- why in the world does it switch units twice in the same sentence?? Sivamo 01:40, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Can they swim?
Is it true that hippos can't swim, and the best way to escape one is to swim into the deeper water so they can't waddle there???
- The article says that while it is buoyant, it can't float. That's... odd... but there you are.
