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Speed / produced by Alex Lowry.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Evolve ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acceleration (Mechanics).
- Acceleration (Mechanics)--Evolution.
- Adaptation (Biology).
- Animal locomotion.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Speed.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (46 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A&E Television Networks, 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2013).
- OCLC:
- 867554910
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