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Published online 3 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030331-6
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Elephants race for running status
Jumbos' bouncy legs help them pack a pace.
Its official: elephants can run. Biomechanics researchers have done their sums and decided that the springy steps of an angry elephant at full charge count as running - not ambling or trotting.
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