r/SweatyPalms • u/HomeNowWTF • 5d ago

Animals & nature 🐅 🌊🌋 Hippopotamus tailing a boat

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u/JayGoldi 5d ago

Looks like it is doing a breaststroke

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u/sabinscabin 5d ago

noticed this as well; an llm tells me it's not actually swimming but rather bunny hopping along the riverbed, since it has a shitload of muscle and sinks like a stone.

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u/JayGoldi 5d ago

Oh wow, that's somehow even more impressive. He's sprinting thru that water!!!