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  2. Visual cliff - Wikipedia

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    The ability for cows to perceive a visual cliff was tested by NA Arnold et al. Twelve dairy heifers were exposed to a visual cliff in the form of a milking pit while walking through a milking facility. Over this five-day experiment the heifers’ heart rates were measured along with the number of times they stopped throughout the milking facility.

  3. Aquatic ape hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    AAH proponent Algis Kuliukas, performed experiments to measure the comparative energy used when lacking orthograde posture with using fully upright posture. Although it is harder to walk upright with bent knees on land, this difference gradually diminishes as the depth of water increases [53] and is still practical in thigh-high water. [54]

  4. Endurance running hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The endurance running hypothesis is a series of conjectures which presume humans evolved anatomical and physiological adaptations to run long distances [1] [2] [3] and, more strongly, that "running is the only known behavior that would account for the different body plans in Homo as opposed to apes or australopithecines".

  5. This optical illusion of a man walking on water has the ... - AOL

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    A photograph of a man taking a stroll on a super-clear frozen lake in East Jordan, Michigan has gone viral.

  6. Biological motion perception - Wikipedia

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    An experiment was conducted to test the validity of this model, in which subjects are presented moving point-light and stick-figure walking stimuli. Each frame of the walking stimulus is matched to a posture template, the progression of which is recorded on a 2D posture–time plot that implies motion recognition.

  7. Scientists Say Walking This Much Could Add 11 Years to ... - AOL

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    The benefits of walking abound—improving heart health, sleep quality, and mood are just a few of the many pros of going for a stroll. Now, new research has found that walking could add over 10 ...

  8. Einstein's thought experiments - Wikipedia

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    John D. Norton, a well-known philosopher of science, has noted that "a good thought experiment is a good argument; a bad thought experiment is a bad argument." [ 3 ] When effectively used, the irrelevant particulars that convert a straightforward argument into a thought experiment can act as "intuition pumps" that stimulate readers' ability to ...

  9. Forklift driver becomes fastest man walking in pool

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