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r/interestingasfuck • u/Odd-Difference-1483 • 18d ago
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This is a strange way to discover that kangaroos can balance on their tails.
697 u/fadedwiggles 18d ago that was the only thing i was focused on. it made them so much taller and stronger like a third leg! 52 u/CorvidCuriosity 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d ago Gotcha
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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!
52 u/CorvidCuriosity 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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.
1 u/holyrolodex 18d ago Gotcha
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u/ExtraChariot541 18d ago
This is a strange way to discover that kangaroos can balance on their tails.