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> The only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans Kangaroos?
by ndheebebe 2y ago
> The only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans
Kangaroos?
- dhosek 2y agoKangaroos engage in quadrupedal (actually pentapedal—using their tail as well) locomotion at slow speeds.
- cryptoz 2y agoHumans also engage in quadrupedal locomotion, often at any speed and sometimes up stairs too. Also, I see both of my dogs standing on 2 legs every day, often walking short distances like that. According to wikipedia this only happens when they are trained to do it (?!) but we never trained them and they've been doing it since a few months old. Maybe I should update https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipedalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipedalism to indicate training may not be required for temporary bipedal behavior in some dogs.
- TheDong 2y ago> Maybe I should update https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipedalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipedalism to indicate training may not be required for temporary bipedal behavior in some dogs. That is against wikipedia's rules and thus will get reverted. You have to have a secondary source, not a primary source, and you're currently a primary source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research
- swatcoder 2y agoIn practice, most trivia on the site follows the "no source at all" policy, including the claim the GP suggested they might revise. Whether it gets reverted essentially depends on whether someone would bother before it gets lost in the depths of the change history and how the GP chooses to respond if someone did.
- pnut 2y agoAnd in the case of humans possessed by Satan, they frequently will engage in quadrupedal locomotion at speed down stairs and across walls/ceilings, bent over backwards like a demonic crab.
- dhosek 2y agoBut that’s not a normative mode of movement. Among healthy adults, quadrupedal locomotion will represent a small portion of their movement and is far from a comfortable means of movement thanks to our short arms compared to other apes who engage in quadrupedal movement a significant fraction of the time.
- defrost 2y agoSo do humans, babies and the elderly especially. What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening? The key here is how relaxed is the interpretation of "permanent".
- ndheebebe 2y agoBirds migrating are mostly zero legging it! To answer the question: a yacht race?
- defrost 2y agoI like the answer, I'm just not sure it's correct - are there any yacht races that have that many legs? (Aside from AI Yacht's, of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U79-kDQnbPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U79-kDQnbPE )
- pcl 2y agoMahy do. The Caribbean 600, for example. Now, nobody is completing that race in one day, but that’s a different issue. https://caribbean600.rorc.org/ https://caribbean600.rorc.org/
- winwang 2y agosomething something wings are air-legs
- rawgabbit 2y agoBaby crawling adults walking and old man with cane?
- TOGoS 2y agoOkay but that's a pretty long day, isn't it? I'm not sure that's a proper 'riddle', per se.
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- lovich 2y agoI mean fuck, if that counts then I’m quadrupedal every time I go up the stairs quickly in my house
- FireBeyond 2y agoIndeed, their trademark hopping is actually only really when stressed/startled. Many of the animal sanctuaries in zoos in Australia actually have little signs telling visitors not to be disappointed if they don't see the animals actually hopping: "Laying down and sunbathing, and the slow walk with their tail is a sign of relaxation and a lack of stress on the animal."
- ndheebebe 2y agoOh. I did see one hopping across a local park. I didnt realize it might be stressed. I assumed like a dog they like to run.
- teruakohatu 2y agoAlso the wallaby and there are some hopping rodents found around the world.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- xandrius 2y agoAnd the ground pangolin, apparently