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Article #1362Backward Locomotion in Large Land Animals
From: Skaff Elias
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 20:17
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 20:17
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I know very little about the anatomy and means of locomotion of large land animals. My question is: Can a rhinoceros walk backward? And if so, does it require training to do so? (I'm under the impression that it is impossible to train a rhinoceros to do anything.) So, can a trainable animal like an elephant walk backwards. (i.e. Is one physically able to?) I think that elephants have a significantly different method of walking than rhinoceri. It seems to me that it would be hard or impossible for a crocodillian or a long tailed lizard to walk backward, but horses can be made to back up. So although I specifically want to know about the rhinoceros, my full question is: which animals are able to walk backward, and what about their anatomy or style of locomotion allows them to do so? Skaff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!usc!wuarchive!udel!princeton!phoenix.Princeton.EDU From: gselias@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Skaff Elias) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Backward Locomotion in Large Land Animals Keywords: rhinoceros, backward Message-ID: <4045@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 13 Nov 90 20:17:00 GMT Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 17