vampire bat on treadmill

"Vampire bats have evolved their own form of running, the first test of these creatures on a treadmill shows. As the treadmill pace picks up, they switch to a run, with all limbs airborne at one point in each stride. hese are the only bats known to run...."

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050319/fob2.asp

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• vampire
• bat
• run
• treadmill

[random0815]

wow, basically how to walk without leg muscles, works pretty well, i think thats what roast chicken escape would look like ^^

[XxDoNkEy]

CLOVERFIELD!!

[xXDre50Xx]

Well, if I ever get chased by one of these, I'm out of luck and I will actually be a victim to vampirism.

[Hamsterloki]

That's fascinatingly ape-like!

[Supermassively]

@mmedefarge And according to Urban Dictionary, "owned" can be spelled "pwnt". That doesn't make it right.

[mmedefarge]

@Supermassively I was referring to our vermiform appendixes, which according to the dictionary, can be spelled "appendixes".

[Supermassively]

@mmedefarge Appendices.

[cvs1234567]

That's horrifying.

[Umbrametus]

Reminds me of the tank from Left 4 Dead...

[mmedefarge]

@hasthisbeentakenyet Flexor muscles, regardless of where they are in the body, are stronger than extensors, always, at least in humans. We spend the first 9 months of gestation in our mother's womb in a flexed position. Suffer neurological damage & the stronger flexor muscles are usually the ones to go on overdrive, leading to flexor spasticity, leaving the victim unable to extend the upper & lower extremity on the effected side.

[hasthisbeentakenyet]

@mmedefarge The quadriceps, the most powerful muscles in the leg, are knee extensors, not flexors. The gluteus maximus, the most powerful muscle in the hip, are hip extensors, not flexors.