Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Full steam ahead for elephants' unique gait

16 February 2010 by Andy Coghlan



Seeing an elephant run may be as rare as seeing one fly. It turns out that instead of running in the conventional sense, they adopt a unique gait at speed, with the fore limbs trotting and the hind limbs walking.

Full story at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18528-full-steam-ahead-for-elephants-unique-gait.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

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