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Elephants run in slow motion

Unusual gait could reduce stress on the limbs of large animals.

Despite their cumbersome appearance, elephants can run. And, researchers have found, they break into that run at surprisingly slow speeds.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on June 27, 2007 12:01 AM |

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