That's much more significant of a difference for bipedal animals, so mostly just humans. 1 of 2 legs vs. 1 of 4 legs touching the ground. Elephants will never get airborne, but you certainly wouldn't describe a stampeding elephant as "walking"

The user just wanted their post to…

…”take off”.

YYEEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

And it is now the penta gone!

Ok I’ll see myself out…

I am very certain that most animals can get airborne, even for prolonged periods of time,when reaching high enough speed. The trick lies in accelerating them to sufficient speed. Safe landing and deceleration can also pose a problem.

But can hippos reach escape velocity?

A herd of elephants race walked past town today. 1 dead, 3 injured.

It has a weird amount of drama to it

That’s why I sleep with a hippo net around my bed

Ok Georgie boy, you've trained for this. Sit and wait for your handler. Just sit and wait for your handler.

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The 4 Basic Horse Gaits Explained [Diagrams & Animations]

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Horses and Us (www.horsesandus.com)

Neat breakdown of walk vs trot vs canter vs gallop, for horses.

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Down To Earth (www.downtoearth.org.in)

Non-nonsensical headline and brief summary of hipoos gaits: evidently they have been observed reaching a trot, which does include moments where two feet are coming up, and two down, thus for that brief moment, the hippo is 'suspended' or... """airborne""".

I mean, if you're just yeeting animals off a cliff, then they can all "fly".

The OP said "get airborne". Controlled flight was not part of the discussion.

They can but not by themselves

I know it's a comment, but they didn't have to comment every line

It’s a screenshot of Tumblr tags, very common on tumblr to hide whole essays in tags

Yeah they can fly when they poop and propeller-spin their tails.

Sure, but that doesn't excuse or exclude it from being frustrating, annoying, and just generally unpleasant.

Only for bipedals. Quadrupedal animals can well keep a leg on the ground at all times even when moving at speed. To borrow from another comment here: Would you call a stampeding elephant "walking"?

One thing I learned from Kerbal space program is that anything flies with enough boosters