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Mechanical stresses in fast locomotion of buffalo (Syncews coffer) and elephant (Loxodonta africana)
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Films of buffalo and elephant running, and detailed measurements on dissected legs, have been used to estimate the maximum stresses which occur in locomotion, in certain muscles, tendons and bones. These stresses are similar ...
Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta)
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Measurements have been made of the principal leg bones of 37 species representing almost the full range of sizes of terrestrial mammals. The lengths of corresponding bones tend to be proportional to (body mass)0·35 and the ...
Mechanics of running of the ostrich (Struthio camelus)
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Ostriches have been filmed running fast in their natural habitat. A female ostrich has been dissected and the principal bones, muscles and tendons in a leg have been measured. It is calculated that stresses up to 240 kN ...
The role of tendon elasticity in the locomotion of the camel (Camelus dromedarius)
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Several ofthe distal leg muscles ofcamels have very short or even rudimentary muscle fibres. This makes it possible to calculate the elastic extensions of tendons that occur in running, from the leg positions observed in ...
Stride lengths and stride frequencies of primates
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)
Stride lengths and stride frequencies of primates have been observed or collected from the literature. Data for Galago, various monkeys and apes, and man have been collected. The quadrupedal primates take longer strides, ...