Speed / produced by Alex Lowry.
Discusses the environmental forces that create a need for speed. Explains how animal bodies have adapted to achieve high rates of locomotion and why. Highlights the cheetah, sailfish (and other vertebrates), perigrine falcons, horses and humans.
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Streaming Video (via Alexander Street Press) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
A&E Television Networks,
2008.
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| Series: | VAST: academic video online.
Evolve ; 9. |
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| Summary: | Discusses the environmental forces that create a need for speed. Explains how animal bodies have adapted to achieve high rates of locomotion and why. Highlights the cheetah, sailfish (and other vertebrates), perigrine falcons, horses and humans. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2013) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (46 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:45:53 |
| Language: | This edition in English. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Public performance rights obtained |