Dogs Chase Efficiently, But Cats Skulk Counterintuitively
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 00:42
in Biology & Nature
A new study suggests that evolution can behave as differently as dogs and cats. While the dogs depend on an energy-efficient style of four-footed running over long distances to catch their prey, cats seem to have evolved a profoundly inefficient gait, tailor-made to creep up on a mouse or bird in slow motion.
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