1 means the feet never ever leave the ground; 0 means that the animal never touches the ground and thus is truly flying) on the x-axis, and stride frequency (SF; stride cycles per second) on the y-axis. So trotting hippos swing their...
Robin was fun with his dry humour and his wealth of stories and Nancy was the workhorse behind him. Robin initiated the crazy escapades of trips floating down the river with just a paddle to scare off marauding hippos and Robin had daily battles with the dreaded ‘Borealis’ who would ...
The Large Body was running at them now and Omega held the Keyblade in front of him in a guarding position, which stunned it long enough for Zell to run behind it and kick it in the back of the head. He and Omega then dived out of the way as another blast of fire from Lulu hit...
It intrigued me that a raccoon was not only in someone's house but seemed fairly tame. So, I tried to find out more info.What I found is a beautiful story of a family that saved a raccoon's life and taught her the power of love....
they were overwhelmed by the sheer scale of fossil finds in the region. But it’s thanks to this vast paleontological storehouse, that we now finally have answers to the great puzzle of whale evolution. We know that hippos and one of the earliest known species of ancient whale6, probably ...
I still see Jake ‘running’ the way he only could, in dewy grass, wonky legs dragging behind. I see all three of them, in the same space that is my heart. Doug continues to make sure I’m coming along on his crusade of zoom. He snuggles like Melvin, he’s as defiant as Jake,...
Growing up in a home that money was prioritized over all else, it was challenging to differentiate between reality and illusion. It presented a facade, a false identity I was able to hide behind to escape the heartaches of the world. As I have gotten older and separated myself from my fa...
I hopped out with Barb right behind me with a box of Kleenex. We stayed there a minute until the people whose house we were in front of turned on the porch light. We decided we had better leave. We had to stop once more before we got home. When we got home, they undressed me ...
“Where are they going?” Alice asked, watching the door close behind the last elf. “I have asked them to ensure that everything is ready for our search,” he replied, standing erect in his jeans and pullover that Alice found so amusing. Then strolling over to a regular-sized green ...
and into a tiny whitewashed house. Inside, a group of teens were playing pool on a warped and torn pool table, and they watched us as we walked past to the ‘bar’, a small ante-room with a bored-looking girl standing behind a gate of wooden slats. Our guide spoke to her and she...