16 February 2010 by Andy Coghlan
Seeing an elephant run may be as rare as seeing one fly. It turns out that instead of running in the conventional sense, they adopt a unique gait at speed, with the fore limbs trotting and the hind limbs walking.
Full story at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18528-full-steam-ahead-for-elephants-unique-gait.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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