Cheetahs' inner ear is one-of-a-kind, vital to high-speed hunting

Re:Cheetahs' inner ear is one-of-a-kind, vital to high-speed... by always_good on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:43PM (#16301381)

This is a characteristic you think humans have? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gy55o76SZc

It's something you'll see a trained ballerina do when twirling, but I'm not about to say humans walk on their toes.

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Re:Cheetahs' inner ear is one-of-a-kind, vital to high-speed... by fern12 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @02:06AM (#16301742)

Ballet dancers are trained to do turns (fouette [0], pique [1] and pirouettes [2]) by "spotting" (i.e. picking an object in the near distance and spotting it until the next turn). I'm not sure the chicken video does this term justice, hence the links below.

[0] https://www.instagram.com/p/2ZOLkkHMKU/?taken-by=devon.teusc...]

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/BeoYE2DlTXF/?taken-by=tilerpeck

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/BT4WSbmDMKM/?taken-by=devon.teus...

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