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In article <25734@lanl.gov>, jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
> The kangaroo was designed by committee (like the platypus and several
> other species from down under.

I disagree strongly. The kangaroo is a very efficient design, and uses far
less energy in motion than any other biped and most quadrupeds. On each
bounce, kinetic energy is converted to mechanical energy in the muscles
of the kangaroo's legs, and then back to kinetic energy with a little extra
chemical energy to make up for losses.

I know that a human on a bicycle is more efficient. I don't know of anything
else that does as good a job, but I don't recall the article offhand. I think
it was in an old Scientific American...

Now the Kangaroo's reproductive system is a bit of a kludge, but that's not
what's being discussed here. An analogy would be (as I implied) a small RISC
processor with a large cache...
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