Why do people call hippos "water horses"? It looks more like a cow or even a pig. Saying that it looks like a horse is just retarded.
Hippopotamus literally means 'river horse' in Greek.
>>5125720Greeks named new things after things they know about. A large four-legged herbivore that lived in water? Water horse.
>>5125724>>5125738do you think greeks didnt know about pigs
>>5125724You didn't answer the question.
>>5125720Those legs look very weak to that body
>>5125720>>5126128It's because instead of swimming they just run along the bottom of the river. i.e. they are to rivers what horses are to land.
>>5126178That makes sense since pigs and cows are well known to traverse by flying.
>>5126134You would be surprised while one of these fat boys charges at you afrom a distance.
