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Published online 27 June 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070625-6
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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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