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BadNick · 08-26-2009, 01:03 PM

i bet on the moon they could...we should send a hippo to the moon to check

Jetée · 08-26-2009, 01:37 PM

What's the only mammal that cannot jump?

I am willing to bet that you are looking for the Elephant. There are many sites on the web which have stated that the elephant is the only mammal which can not jump. This is NOT the truth.
Just on the Web alone there are several others listed including the okapi, guinea pig and raccoon who are also reported as not being able to jump. (see references).
In the same class as the elephant, both Hippopotamus and Rhinoceroses come closer to skipping than jumping. Like the elephant, their body mass is too great in relation to their mass.
In addition, all bats have weak legs and usually have trouble walking, let alone jumping.
It has been recorded that sloths move too slow to jump. Plus they seldom climb down out of their trees.
Giraffes are known to run, but apparently always have one “foot on the ground.” Due to their neck structure, it may not be possible for them to jump in the usual meaning of the word.
Due to their odd physical shapes and relatively slow speeds, echidna (spiny anteater),
duck-billed platypus and koala might also be listed among the non-jumpers.
Finally, there are the non-land mammals most of which can come at least part way out of the water, but none have legs and by definition, can not jump. These would include whales, porpoises, dolphins, manatees and maybe even sea lions.

Also this:
Urban Dictionary: Hippo Jump

ring · 08-26-2009, 01:43 PM

I don't need to win anything,
but I'd like to play.

Hippocampus is where they are schooled?

uncle phil · 08-26-2009, 02:33 PM

hippocrates is one of the professors...

BadNick · 08-26-2009, 06:54 PM

jehosaphat is the jumping coach and since i'm knowledgeable about physics, i'm coach hypotenuse.

...and with my able assistance, we plan to field a team of jumping hippos on the moon. Due to the reduced gravity, hippos have been observed to jump quite well on the moon, as well as a cow once jumped over the moon, but she's on a different team and her moon jumping record is currently under review due to gender identity questions, she's suspected of being a bull but I believe she just has androgen insensitivity and hope to prove that with a glass of milk...back to the hippos: we coach them to slightly crouch down and as they suddenly extend, the momentum of their weight is enough to exceed the gravity at the moon's surface, thus the entire hippo leaves the surface and is jumping.

You other folks can choose one of the other "non jumping" animals and coach a team of those guys. I am available as a Physics of Jumping consultant if needed.

uncle phil · 08-27-2009, 02:46 AM

i am forever enlightened...

(i'm also winning the other thread...)

BadNick · 08-27-2009, 06:16 AM

don't count your enlightenments before your egg cracks

uncle phil · 08-27-2009, 12:35 PM

alas, poor humpty...

ring · 08-27-2009, 03:51 PM

"There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise..."

BadNick · 08-27-2009, 06:54 PM

I coulda used some of their help myself

uncle phil · 08-28-2009, 03:04 AM

moi aussi...

BadNick · 08-28-2009, 03:48 AM

top o' the mornin' to ya, unc

uncle phil · 08-28-2009, 11:37 AM

sun's over the yardarm now...

Jetée · 08-28-2009, 11:48 AM

I think I lost Take 3... I'm tapping out on it.

Jetée · 08-28-2009, 12:40 PM

was this the hippo thread?

Xerxys · 08-28-2009, 12:46 PM

how do hippos swim so well seeing as they're so damn fat? Human beings would sink like a rock!

BadNick · 08-28-2009, 01:00 PM

not true, Xerxys. I have found that large (high body fat) people are more bouyant than some skinny, boney runt.

Otherwise, baby hippos are so cute...though now I'm thinking of that one they pulled out from inside a large snake after they killed the snake ...musta been a boa since anacondas are only in South America.

uncle phil · 08-29-2009, 04:06 AM

babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie...

thesaurosie · 08-29-2009, 07:38 PM

om nom nom

BadNick · 08-29-2009, 08:55 PM

ahhh ummmmm

uncle phil · 08-30-2009, 04:01 AM

gezundheit...

BadNick · 08-30-2009, 05:28 PM

danke schoen, darling danke schoen

Jetée · 08-30-2009, 05:37 PM

The Chargers are a "schoen" to win their division

uncle phil · 08-31-2009, 03:11 AM

'zat like a shoehorn?

BadNick · 08-31-2009, 03:31 AM

Foghorn Leghorn ..."That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son."

uncle phil · 09-01-2009, 03:44 AM

frogging legions...

BadNick · 09-01-2009, 05:01 PM

Spartacus Frog

uncle phil · 09-02-2009, 03:10 AM

leapin' lizards...

BadNick · 09-02-2009, 03:53 AM

relaxing reptiles

uncle phil · 09-03-2009, 02:50 AM

snarling snails...

BadNick · 09-03-2009, 03:47 AM

tumescent turtles

uncle phil · 09-03-2009, 04:06 PM

undulating uvulas...

(haven't we been here before?)

BadNick · 09-04-2009, 06:33 AM

yes...at least 2 times too often

uncle phil · 09-04-2009, 07:30 AM

well let's maintain the status quo, you leave me alone to win here and i don't revisit any unpleasant memories for you...

BadNick · 09-04-2009, 09:43 AM

i'm your worst nightmare, unc! Btw, I've always found my olfactory memories to be very strong. I can still smell many of the people I've known. And naturally it takes 2 nasal openings to optimize my olfactory senses.

uncle phil · 09-04-2009, 11:49 AM

how about a nice hawaiian punch?

BadNick · 09-04-2009, 12:02 PM

i think i'll have that with rum, thank you

uncle phil · 09-05-2009, 01:53 AM

yo-ho-ho...

BadNick · 09-05-2009, 09:34 AM

were you ever a pirate?

uncle phil · 09-05-2009, 01:17 PM

no, but i was a cardinal in little league...

08-26-2009, 01:37 PM	#6082 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	What's the only mammal that cannot jump? I am willing to bet that you are looking for the Elephant. There are many sites on the web which have stated that the elephant is the only mammal which can not jump. This is NOT the truth. Just on the Web alone there are several others listed including the okapi, guinea pig and raccoon who are also reported as not being able to jump. (see references). In the same class as the elephant, both Hippopotamus and Rhinoceroses come closer to skipping than jumping. Like the elephant, their body mass is too great in relation to their mass. In addition, all bats have weak legs and usually have trouble walking, let alone jumping. It has been recorded that sloths move too slow to jump. Plus they seldom climb down out of their trees. Giraffes are known to run, but apparently always have one “foot on the ground.” Due to their neck structure, it may not be possible for them to jump in the usual meaning of the word. Due to their odd physical shapes and relatively slow speeds, echidna (spiny anteater), duck-billed platypus and koala might also be listed among the non-jumpers. Finally, there are the non-land mammals most of which can come at least part way out of the water, but none have legs and by definition, can not jump. These would include whales, porpoises, dolphins, manatees and maybe even sea lions. Also this: Urban Dictionary: Hippo Jump __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

08-26-2009, 02:33 PM	#6084 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	hippocrates is one of the professors... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-26-2009, 06:54 PM	#6085 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	jehosaphat is the jumping coach and since i'm knowledgeable about physics, i'm coach hypotenuse. ...and with my able assistance, we plan to field a team of jumping hippos on the moon. Due to the reduced gravity, hippos have been observed to jump quite well on the moon, as well as a cow once jumped over the moon, but she's on a different team and her moon jumping record is currently under review due to gender identity questions, she's suspected of being a bull but I believe she just has androgen insensitivity and hope to prove that with a glass of milk...back to the hippos: we coach them to slightly crouch down and as they suddenly extend, the momentum of their weight is enough to exceed the gravity at the moon's surface, thus the entire hippo leaves the surface and is jumping. You other folks can choose one of the other "non jumping" animals and coach a team of those guys. I am available as a Physics of Jumping consultant if needed. Last edited by BadNick; 08-26-2009 at 06:57 PM..

08-27-2009, 02:46 AM	#6086 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	i am forever enlightened... (i'm also winning the other thread...) __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-27-2009, 12:35 PM	#6088 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	alas, poor humpty... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-26-2009, 01:03 PM	#6081 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	i bet on the moon they could...we should send a hippo to the moon to check

08-26-2009, 01:43 PM	#6083 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	I don't need to win anything, but I'd like to play. Hippocampus is where they are schooled?

08-27-2009, 06:16 AM	#6087 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	don't count your enlightenments before your egg cracks

08-27-2009, 03:51 PM	#6089 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	"There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise And not all the king's horses and all the king's men Have prevented the fall of the unwise..."

08-27-2009, 06:54 PM	#6090 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I coulda used some of their help myself

08-28-2009, 03:04 AM	#6091 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	moi aussi... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-28-2009, 03:48 AM	#6092 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	top o' the mornin' to ya, unc

08-28-2009, 11:37 AM	#6093 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	sun's over the yardarm now... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-28-2009, 11:48 AM	#6094 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I think I lost Take 3... I'm tapping out on it. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

08-28-2009, 12:46 PM	#6096 (permalink)
Xerxys Junkie Location: My head.	how do hippos swim so well seeing as they're so damn fat? Human beings would sink like a rock!

08-29-2009, 07:38 PM	#6099 (permalink)
thesaurosie Upright Location: Sydney, Australia	om nom nom

08-28-2009, 01:00 PM	#6097 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	not true, Xerxys. I have found that large (high body fat) people are more bouyant than some skinny, boney runt. Otherwise, baby hippos are so cute...though now I'm thinking of that one they pulled out from inside a large snake after they killed the snake ...musta been a boa since anacondas are only in South America.

08-29-2009, 04:06 AM	#6098 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie, babalouie... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-29-2009, 08:55 PM	#6100 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	ahhh ummmmm

08-30-2009, 04:01 AM	#6101 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	gezundheit... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-30-2009, 05:28 PM	#6102 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	danke schoen, darling danke schoen

08-30-2009, 05:37 PM	#6103 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	The Chargers are a "schoen" to win their division __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

08-31-2009, 03:11 AM	#6104 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	'zat like a shoehorn? __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-31-2009, 03:31 AM	#6105 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Foghorn Leghorn ..."That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son."

09-01-2009, 03:44 AM	#6106 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	frogging legions... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-01-2009, 05:01 PM	#6107 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Spartacus Frog

09-02-2009, 03:10 AM	#6108 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	leapin' lizards... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-02-2009, 03:53 AM	#6109 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	relaxing reptiles

09-03-2009, 02:50 AM	#6110 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	snarling snails... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-03-2009, 03:47 AM	#6111 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	tumescent turtles

09-03-2009, 04:06 PM	#6112 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	undulating uvulas... (haven't we been here before?) __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-04-2009, 06:33 AM	#6113 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	yes...at least 2 times too often

09-04-2009, 07:30 AM	#6114 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	well let's maintain the status quo, you leave me alone to win here and i don't revisit any unpleasant memories for you... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-04-2009, 09:43 AM	#6115 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	i'm your worst nightmare, unc! Btw, I've always found my olfactory memories to be very strong. I can still smell many of the people I've known. And naturally it takes 2 nasal openings to optimize my olfactory senses.

09-04-2009, 11:49 AM	#6116 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	how about a nice hawaiian punch? __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-04-2009, 12:02 PM	#6117 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	i think i'll have that with rum, thank you