Leaping lizards and dinosaurs

R. McNeill Alexander ()
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R. McNeill Alexander: R. McNeill Alexander is at the Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS6 4BU, UK.

Nature, 2012, vol. 481, issue 7380, 148-149

Abstract: Tightrope walkers use poles to keep their balance. A study reveals that agama lizards use their tails much like balancing poles as they leap through the air — and that some dinosaurs may have done the same. See Letter p.181

Date: 2012
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