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Re: Can elephants run?
On Tue, Feb 16th, 2010 at 2:37 PM, GUY LEAHY <xrciseguy@q.com> wrote:
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> It depends upon how one defines "running"...
> http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/213/5/i
Needless to say, elephants certainly don't gallop like the mammoths in '10,000
BC'. :-)
> I wonder if sauropods and stegosaurs might have used similar gaits?
I imagine the presence of a substantial tail in sauropods and stegosaurs
complicates matters.
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Dann Pigdon
GIS Specialist Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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