Neuromechanics of flamingos' amazing feats of balance
- Written by Lena Ting, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University
How do they do while sleeping what we can barely do at all?Carlos Bustamante Restrepo, CC BY-NC-NDIf you’ve watched flamingos at the zoo – or if you’re lucky, in the wild – you’ve likely wondered how flamingos manage to sleep standing on one leg.
Of course, as humans, we think standing on one leg is hard because...
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