Saturday, August 2, 2014

It's official, kangaroos have 5 legs!

It's official, kangaroos have 5 legs!
The Point.fr - Published 07/09/2014 at 07:12
VIDEO. A team of biologists has discovered that the tail marsupial mascot Australia played a major role in locomotion. Explanations.

Kangaroos use their tails as a fifth leg, just as a crutch.
Kangaroos use their tails as a fifth leg, just as a crutch. © CHRISTIAN PUYGRENIER / puy / AFP
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In your opinion, how a kangaroo he paws? Four, what a question! Well, not so sure ... A team of American, Canadian and Australian researchers has just realizing that he has technically five. Two long hind legs, two short front legs and a tail that they use as a leg, sometimes to rest, sometimes for propulsion. For years, scientists have noted that these animals used their strong tail as a crutch during their slow steps and as balance when their bonds. But the role of this body in the locomotion of marsupial emblem of Australia , was still largely underestimated. It is by walk five red kangaroos, the most impressive Australian species on treadmills with sensors that biologists have made ​​the astonishing discovery.

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