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r/interestingasfuck • u/Odd-Difference-1483 • 17d ago
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that was the only thing i was focused on. it made them so much taller and stronger like a third leg!
54 u/CorvidCuriosity 17d ago Actually, their tail really does act as a third leg. When they "gallop", they use their tail like a rear leg and spring off of it, putting as much pressure on their tail as they put on their feet combined. It's basically a 3-legged gait. 1 u/holyrolodex 17d ago If they are sprinting isn’t it more like 5-legged? I’ve heard the term pentapedal used in reference to kangaroos 3 u/CorvidCuriosity 17d ago I've never seen a kangaroo sprinting on all 5 legs. Usually, they are just doing the hopping sprint with their hind legs and tail. They say "pentapedal" because they are counting the tail as fifth leg, but not because they are using all 5 at once. 1 u/holyrolodex 17d ago Gotcha
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Actually, their tail really does act as a third leg. When they "gallop", they use their tail like a rear leg and spring off of it, putting as much pressure on their tail as they put on their feet combined.
It's basically a 3-legged gait.
1 u/holyrolodex 17d ago If they are sprinting isn’t it more like 5-legged? I’ve heard the term pentapedal used in reference to kangaroos 3 u/CorvidCuriosity 17d ago I've never seen a kangaroo sprinting on all 5 legs. Usually, they are just doing the hopping sprint with their hind legs and tail. They say "pentapedal" because they are counting the tail as fifth leg, but not because they are using all 5 at once. 1 u/holyrolodex 17d ago Gotcha
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If they are sprinting isn’t it more like 5-legged? I’ve heard the term pentapedal used in reference to kangaroos
3 u/CorvidCuriosity 17d ago I've never seen a kangaroo sprinting on all 5 legs. Usually, they are just doing the hopping sprint with their hind legs and tail. They say "pentapedal" because they are counting the tail as fifth leg, but not because they are using all 5 at once. 1 u/holyrolodex 17d ago Gotcha
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I've never seen a kangaroo sprinting on all 5 legs. Usually, they are just doing the hopping sprint with their hind legs and tail.
They say "pentapedal" because they are counting the tail as fifth leg, but not because they are using all 5 at once.
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u/fadedwiggles 17d ago
that was the only thing i was focused on. it made them so much taller and stronger like a third leg!