Now that the door is opened to contemplating rotating cats, I think we should look at organisms that are even better at the spinning routine.
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Posted on: January 21, 2012 9:10 PM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: fancyflyer
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January 21, 2012 11:10 PM
Critter hoon. I love it! Thanks PZ.
Posted by: Noni Mausa
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January 22, 2012 8:01 AM
Wow! The Hoop Snake people were right! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoop_snake
BTW, having rolled down a high, grassy hill myself, (not in the manner illustrated) I wonder how the salamanders cope with the high level of dizziness this causes. It would be educational to follow them a bit longer and see if they emulate Hobbes, just out of the dryer. http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2012/01/21
Drunken salamanders could be very funny.
Noni
Posted by: pierrekerner
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January 22, 2012 9:39 AM
There's an extended sample of rolling critters here: http://goo.gl/E2KkI enjoy!
Posted by: shhandy
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January 22, 2012 11:33 AM
And then of course there is the Gloucester Cheese Rolling Event. . It keeps the local NHS orthopaedic unit in practice....
Posted by: obigwang
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January 23, 2012 7:44 AM
I saw similar behaviour in gorillas at the Virungas. The forest is very steep and covered by dense layers of ferns, and some of the gorillas simply roll down; they are very spherical when seated.
One of them were looking back to me and then suddenly made a 180º turn and rolled down into the brush. His gracefulness suprised me just at the moment I fell on the same hidden root. He was not doing ninja movements, he fell.
Posted by: Milli
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January 23, 2012 10:30 AM
Check out the Pebble toad (Oreophrynella niger). This toad lives atop tepui in the Guiana highlands of south america. When threatened, often by tarantulas, it rolls into ball, and typically being on an incline, rolls away under gravity like a loose pebble.
Posted by: Doug Meyer
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January 25, 2012 11:38 PM
Rollin', rollin', rollin',
Keep those dogies rollin',
Rawhide!
What is a dogie, anyhow. Any chance of seeing one of them roll?