Jumping movie of `` kangaroo rat '' that jumps up to 10 times the body height with amazing jumping power and escapes snakes
An amazing jumping movie of 'Kangaroo rat' (
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The kangaroo rat can be seen from the following movie.
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A small kangaroo rat that appeared in the dark.
However, snakes were lurking on the way.
You can see that the snake and the kangaroo rat are in close proximity because they use a camera that can shoot even at night.
A snake attacks a kangaroo rat. It looks like it will be bitten as it is ...
Kangaroo rats avoid by jumping.
It just jumps high and high.
The snake is still open. When the kangaroo rat lands ...
It quickly disappeared into darkness.
It was no coincidence that the kangaroo rat was able to escape the snake by jumping. In the image below, the kangaroo rat and the snake are in close proximity.
The moment the snake moves, the kangaroo rat kicks the ground with long legs.
Leap high.
He landed on the snake's face, and managed to escape. The kangaroo rat jumps almost 10 times the body height.
Researchers believe that kangaroo rats can escape predators by jumping in this way because 'kangaroo rats can detect slight changes in air pressure, such as snake movements and owl flapping.' Kangaroo rats are 90 times more sensitive than humans.
The secret of the sharpness of the hearing lies in the skull of the kangaroo rat.
The skull of a kangaroo rat has a space called a
Kangaroo rats, as their name suggests, have kangaroo-like hind legs and can jump at surprising speeds with their thick tendons and large muscles.
From the image below, you can see that the foot size is very large relative to the body.
Furthermore, when I jump ...
The tail moves round and round. This movement makes it possible to rotate the body even in the air and land well.
Sometimes snake bites.
However, even after being bitten once, you can escape by kicking the snake with your feet.
Furthermore, I notice that there is a snake ...
Some individuals use their kicking power to sand the snake.
The snake escaped without difficulty while roaring the sand. Incredible leg strength also has this use.
This movie was shot by a research team by Lulon Clark, an associate professor of biology at San Diego State University. Clark and his colleagues set up high-speed cameras with infrared sensors in the deserts near California and Arizona. As a result, the kangaroo rat escaped 17 out of 32 snake attacks. He was bitten 15 times, but 8 of them were able to escape after being bitten. According to researchers' past research, it was observed that some animals roaming around the snake as if they were sniffing after evading snake attacks several times.
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