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In a suburban tomato garden of Van Nuys in California, [12] Theo, self-named "Turbo", is a garden snail who dreams of being a racer like his hero, five-time Indy 500 champion Guy Gagné. However, his obsession with racing makes him an outcast in the slow and cautious snail community, and a constant embarrassment to his older brother, Chet.
The highest reliably measured running speed for ostriches is 61 km/h (38 mph), obtained by speedometer reading when a car was chasing an ostrich in a straight line chase to force it to move as fast as it could. [53] Although there are reports of speeds of 72–97 km/h (45–60 mph) for ostriches, none are confirmed. [54] Emu (on land)
The tube feet contract and relax in waves which move along the adherent surface, and the animal moves slowly along. [79] Brittle stars are the most agile of the echinoderms. Any one of the arms can form the axis of symmetry, pointing either forwards or back. The animal then moves in a co-ordinated way, propelled by the other four arms.
Crayfish can move backward much faster than they can move forward. Gait analysis is the study of gait in humans and other animals. This may involve videoing subjects with markers on particular anatomical landmarks and measuring the forces of their footfall using floor transducers ( strain gauges ).
View of the spire side of the planispiral shell of the freshwater snail Anisus septemgyratus. This shell has seven and a half whorls A fossil shell of the marine gastropod Turritella communis. This shell has nine whorls. A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral or whorled growth of a mollusc shell.
12. The Lean-In. Sometimes keeping it simple is the best way to go when it comes to creative sex positions. Lie on your back and allow your partner to go down on you while also penetrating you ...
Image credits: anon Women today have more freedom in dating than ever before. That doesn’t mean the challenges or lingering biases have disappeared, but if they choose to openly pursue someone ...
Bacteria such as E. coli are unable to choose the direction in which they swim, and are unable to swim in a straight line for more than a few seconds due to rotational diffusion; in other words, bacteria "forget" the direction in which they are going. By repeatedly evaluating their course, and adjusting if they are moving in the wrong direction ...