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Biology · Zoology and biomechanics
Animal Movers
Slow a cheetah's gallop to a crawl, hop like a kangaroo, steer a bat by sound, and design an animal that the square-cube law cannot flatten.
Biology · Zoology and biomechanics
Animal Movers
Slow a cheetah's gallop to a crawl, hop like a kangaroo, steer a bat by sound, and design an animal that the square-cube law cannot flatten.
The course
6 worlds · 24 lessons
World 1 · How Animals Move
FREEBones, muscles, gaits, leg length and the energy price of travel
World 2 · Built for Speed: the Cheetah
PROBody plan, double-suspension gallop, heat and elastic legs
World 3 · Hopping, Slithering, Swimming
PROA kangaroo's springs, a snake's friction, a fish's waves and a gas-filled float
World 4 · How Birds and Bats Fly
PROLift, flapping, hollow bones, one-way breathing and wings made of skin
World 5 · Seeing with Sound and Other Senses
PROEchoes, wavelength, a bat's hunt and senses for heat, electricity and magnetism