First of all, a very very happy new year to all my readers who read my blogs with great interest and enthusiasm. Hope so, this year too will be a year of posting many blogs like last year.
Now, lets begin with the post.We are known to walk by putting one feet at a time in the front.This is our style of locomotion which is also shared with other animals like dogs,cats etc. But, there are uniquely talented animals whose locomotion techniques will really shock us.
Kangaroos, icons of Australian wildlife utilize their tails along with legs while hopping which is quite unique among animals. Their tails move up and down while hopping which also touch the ground thus controlling the angle of the body and giving them enough balance. Locomotion can't happen if their tails are being held. Quite special movement.
More weirder form of locomotion is observed in camels where these desert ships move both legs on one side of their body at the same time then both legs of the opposite side while walking. Giraffes and other few animals too boast this talent.
Many people think fishes do not walk, but it is true that they do. Tripod fishes loco-mote with their fins but they aren't the only one who boasts this art. Strangely,it is also revealed that even newly discovered species of shark i.e. the epaulette shark (shown in pic) strolls on sea floor with its strong fins rather than swim.
Gliding is another weird form of locomotion found in many other animals not only in flying (insects, birds) and bats but also surprisingly in reptiles too. The paradise tree snake is a famed example for this. Thanks to its superb scales which gives the arboreal serpent the power to jump from branches and finally to glide. Amazingly, it can take turns even in mid-air. True, it really sounds bizarre to hear a flying snake, but check out the video link below to see the serpent going air-borne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMs8Cu8PNKM
The same case also lies with the flying dragon lizard but its gliding gears are only its large layers of skin which are utilized by spreading them apart from the sides of their bodies during take-off and then off in the air. Purposes are quest for food and to flee from predators.
Along with flying dragons, flying squirrels and gliders( Australian gliding arboreal marsupials) do boast this feature.Another video link of two sugar gliders going air-borne is here.
http://www.arkive.org/sugar-glider/petaurus-breviceps/video-00.html
Now, lets begin with the post.We are known to walk by putting one feet at a time in the front.This is our style of locomotion which is also shared with other animals like dogs,cats etc. But, there are uniquely talented animals whose locomotion techniques will really shock us.
Kangaroos, icons of Australian wildlife utilize their tails along with legs while hopping which is quite unique among animals. Their tails move up and down while hopping which also touch the ground thus controlling the angle of the body and giving them enough balance. Locomotion can't happen if their tails are being held. Quite special movement.
More weirder form of locomotion is observed in camels where these desert ships move both legs on one side of their body at the same time then both legs of the opposite side while walking. Giraffes and other few animals too boast this talent.
Many people think fishes do not walk, but it is true that they do. Tripod fishes loco-mote with their fins but they aren't the only one who boasts this art. Strangely,it is also revealed that even newly discovered species of shark i.e. the epaulette shark (shown in pic) strolls on sea floor with its strong fins rather than swim.
Gliding is another weird form of locomotion found in many other animals not only in flying (insects, birds) and bats but also surprisingly in reptiles too. The paradise tree snake is a famed example for this. Thanks to its superb scales which gives the arboreal serpent the power to jump from branches and finally to glide. Amazingly, it can take turns even in mid-air. True, it really sounds bizarre to hear a flying snake, but check out the video link below to see the serpent going air-borne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMs8Cu8PNKM
The same case also lies with the flying dragon lizard but its gliding gears are only its large layers of skin which are utilized by spreading them apart from the sides of their bodies during take-off and then off in the air. Purposes are quest for food and to flee from predators.
Along with flying dragons, flying squirrels and gliders( Australian gliding arboreal marsupials) do boast this feature.Another video link of two sugar gliders going air-borne is here.
http://www.arkive.org/sugar-glider/petaurus-breviceps/video-00.html
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