Coming to the next part of blog of weird locmotors, this blog brings its list of lot more animals known for their weird locomotions.
One group of reptiles are eminent for one extraordinary capability, due to their extraordinary legs. Basilisk lizards are known for running on water bipedally to escape predators. Thanks to the flaps in between their toes which work as scaffolding while sprinting on water. Perhaps no other animal is so gifted like these lizards for their ability to run on water.
The webbed feet are also found in tree frogs due to which they can make impressive long leaps. And some frogs can make lengthy leaps, due to which they are called as flying frogs.
And again back to mammals, we know that digitigrades are animals who locomote by their digits(toes) which include dogs,cats,some walking birds etc. But in case of cats, the locomotion of a lion is said to be weird as when it walks, its heels do not touch the ground. It really makes us wonder how its leg bones are made.
But, there is a mammal which locomotes terrestrially which is akin to dancing. It would really be a nice source of entertainment for tourists who enter in their natural habitat by watching their cool moves. They are sifakas- who hop sideways by this movement and due to this they are even skilled at leaping from tree to tree.
Terrestrial mammals like armadillos are again gifted to walk under water. But, it is strangely discovered that though hippos are thought to be really good swimmers, they aren't. They can do so only due to those stones present underwater as they use it for placing their legs and pushing thus enabling them to swim. How strange it is that hippos who are related to whales and dolphins are poor swimmers!
The webbed feet are also found in tree frogs due to which they can make impressive long leaps. And some frogs can make lengthy leaps, due to which they are called as flying frogs.
And again back to mammals, we know that digitigrades are animals who locomote by their digits(toes) which include dogs,cats,some walking birds etc. But in case of cats, the locomotion of a lion is said to be weird as when it walks, its heels do not touch the ground. It really makes us wonder how its leg bones are made.
But, there is a mammal which locomotes terrestrially which is akin to dancing. It would really be a nice source of entertainment for tourists who enter in their natural habitat by watching their cool moves. They are sifakas- who hop sideways by this movement and due to this they are even skilled at leaping from tree to tree.
Terrestrial mammals like armadillos are again gifted to walk under water. But, it is strangely discovered that though hippos are thought to be really good swimmers, they aren't. They can do so only due to those stones present underwater as they use it for placing their legs and pushing thus enabling them to swim. How strange it is that hippos who are related to whales and dolphins are poor swimmers!
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