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Jerboas are highly-maneuverable bipedal hopping rodents. This slow-motion video shows a jerboa skipping across a force place at 0.87m/s (almost 2mph!). The film is shot in high speed (500 frames per second) in order to allow us to analyze the jerboa's impressive ability to travel far distances and evade predators. While these animals resemble the kangaroo rat found in the Southern United States, multiple species have independently converged upon this unusual mode of locomotion in rodents. The video was filmed by graduate student, Talia Moore.

Filmed at the Concord Field Station, Harvard University.
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