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Ah, I see I'm not the only person who visits snopes :) I'm a bit sceptical about the elephant one. I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong...
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Nic Rowan wrote: I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping If you define 'jump' as having all four legs in the air simultaneously, I would think it's possible.
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Ah, I see I'm not the only person who visits snopes :) I'm a bit sceptical about the elephant one. I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong...
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.
The elephant one is true ! Because they are so large the lungs are attached to the inside of the chest rather than hang free (e.g. as in humans) and as a result can't take the strech an elephant would require to jump. As proof, someone came up with low level fences with sharpened wires (bit like a long porcupine) because the elehants couldn't step over them without gettign stabbed have proven very effective. Elane :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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The elephant one is true ! Because they are so large the lungs are attached to the inside of the chest rather than hang free (e.g. as in humans) and as a result can't take the strech an elephant would require to jump. As proof, someone came up with low level fences with sharpened wires (bit like a long porcupine) because the elehants couldn't step over them without gettign stabbed have proven very effective. Elane :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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The elephant one is true ! Because they are so large the lungs are attached to the inside of the chest rather than hang free (e.g. as in humans) and as a result can't take the strech an elephant would require to jump. As proof, someone came up with low level fences with sharpened wires (bit like a long porcupine) because the elehants couldn't step over them without gettign stabbed have proven very effective. Elane :rose: The tigress is here :-D
I never said elephants could jump :-D. I just said that I think they aren't the only ones that couldn't jump. I'm pretty sure, having met a hippo and a rhino close up, that they couldn't jump either. I also think it would be tough for a giraffe to jump with its weak, inflexable legs. :)
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. Guinnea pig? '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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Nic Rowan wrote: I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping If you define 'jump' as having all four legs in the air simultaneously, I would think it's possible.
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delete this;I don't think you've met too many hippo's then... They are big and heavy. I mean real heavy. So are rhinos. Even when they run I don't think they take all four feet off the ground. I suppose giraffes do lift all their legs when running flat out but I don't think they can jump any hight at all....
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
Abhi Lahare wrote: 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. I know that one's wrong, if only becuase many people use the term "animal" too narrowly. For instance, sea sponges, worms, snails, are all animals. I don't think any of those can jump. ;) "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. Maybe I'm being nitpicky, but South America and North America....
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
Abhi Lahare wrote: 35. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. I find this one hard to believe. In The Count Of Monte Cristo, the author writes about one of his characters feigning illness in order to obtain sulfer, which he then applies to pieces of wood so he can see as he's tunelling an escape route out of his prison cell. Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog
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Ah, I see I'm not the only person who visits snopes :) I'm a bit sceptical about the elephant one. I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong...
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.
Nic Rowan wrote: I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong... I have seen several people I have my doubts about as well. BW The Biggest Loser
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
Abhi Lahare wrote: 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. At no time in Coca-Cola's history has that beverage been green.
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Abhi Lahare wrote: 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. FALSE. (altough I don't have a link for it right now) Abhi Lahare wrote: 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. That depends on the language you speak. As for the rest: I don't know, but I doubt many of them are true. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
mc.schroeder wrote: 36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. FALSE. (altough I don't have a link for it right now) Some do, some don't. Check out pearl essence.
"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen
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Abhi Lahare wrote: 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. FALSE. (altough I don't have a link for it right now) Abhi Lahare wrote: 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. That depends on the language you speak. As for the rest: I don't know, but I doubt many of them are true. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
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I saw jumping elephants in JUMANJI movie! Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
Abhi Lahare wrote: 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. Add this to the FALSE list: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar98/890925984.An.r.html[^] Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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You might find that some of these aren't true such as 30. Pigs can look up. Elaine :rose: PS I wonder how many people just licked their elbows ? :laugh: The tigress is here :-D
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I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
#5 ? Fire Fighting Equipment On February 10, 1863, the fire extinguisher was patented by Alanson Crane. On Jan. 1, 1853, the first practical fire engine was tested in Cincinnati, Ohio. On April 21, 1878, the nation's first firehouse pole was installed in New York City. On May 30, 1821, the first rubber-lined cotton web fire hose was patented by Joseph Boyd of Boston. On May 7, 1878, the fire escape ladder was patented by Joseph Winters. On November 11, 1890, Daniel McCree of Chicago invented a portable fire escape ladder (U.S. Patent #440,322 - see below). During World War II, Percy Julian used a soy protein to produce AeroFoam, which suffocates gasoline and oil fires. What womean was that ? #21 There are approximately 100 million Zhangs ( Chang). The name is roughly 4,700 years old. In all of Mainland China, there are only 438 last names. Chinese surnames were originally based on geography I think that there may be a few others that are slightly cockeyed ( the one about green Coca Cola sounds a bit fishy ) Richard "He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. --Albert Einstein
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I don't think you've met too many hippo's then... They are big and heavy. I mean real heavy. So are rhinos. Even when they run I don't think they take all four feet off the ground. I suppose giraffes do lift all their legs when running flat out but I don't think they can jump any hight at all....
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Being a hick from Ohio, no, I've not met too many of them thar critters :-D. Since a giraffe's gait is essentially a gallop, I would think they could (at least for very short periods) have all four feet off the ground. The same reasoning goes for a rhino; as I understand it, they can move quite fast, at least in short bursts. That implies at least the possibility of having all four in the air at once. This leaves us with the hippo. Somehow, given their predilection for living in water and relying on buoyancy to support their bulk, it seems doubtful that they would be able to move quickly enough to get off the ground. Now, I'm of course being rigorous in my definition of 'jump' here. Having all four feet two inches off the ground for 100 milliseconds meets the basic qualification for being a jump as that of a kangaroo running full tilt away from that Steve Irwin person.
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Abhi Lahare wrote: 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. I'm sure whoever read this might have tried to lick their elbow;P Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!
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