How squirrels leap from tree to tree Science News
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To better understand how squirrels leap from tree branch to tree branch without falling, researchers trained free-roaming squirrels to jump through a series of tests in an artificial forest obstacle course. High-speed camera footage showed that these rodents can learn to stick landings in just a few jumps, and that squirrels consider both branch bendiness and distance when deciding to leap from a limb. • Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/s... • // CREDITS • Story • Jonathan Lambert • Production • Helen Thompson • Video • Nate Hunt/UC Berkeley • N.H. Hunt et al/Science 2021 • Music • “By the beautiful blue Danube” by Strauss • Craig Austin/Worldwide Public Domain/Storyblocks • Citation • N.H. Hunt et al. Acrobatic squirrels learn to leap and land on tree branches without falling. Science. Vol. 373, August 6, 2021, p. 675. doi:10.1126/science.abe5753.
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