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Squirrel Leaps Could Help Scientists Create Flexible, Jumping Robots – The Daily Beast
Researchers used peanuts and a climbing wall to learn how squirrels judge their leaps so successfully–and how their skills could…
By Lucia F. Jacobs, Nathaniel Hunt and Robert J. Full
Tree squirrels are the Olympic divers of the rodent world, leaping gracefully among branches and structures high above the ground. And as with human divers, a squirrels success in this competition requires…
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