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High heels and ostrich legs

High heels and ostrich legs | Science News | Scoop.it

Women walking in extremely high heels exert the same force on the ground as a strutting ostrich and researchers believe this finding could help improve prosthetic lower limbs and robots’ legs.

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Mystery of the male ostrich's erection solved - life - 14 December 2011 - New Scientist

Mystery of the male ostrich's erection solved - life - 14 December 2011 - New Scientist | Science News | Scoop.it
The few birds that have penises erect them using a low-pressure fluid that doesn't work very well...
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Friday Weird Science: The Erection of the Ostrich | Neurotic Physiology

Friday Weird Science: The Erection of the Ostrich | Neurotic Physiology | Science News | Scoop.it

I saw this last week, and while the world may have moved on, I CANNOT let the ostrich penis rest. So now it is time to talk about the ostrich, and about the head of the ostrich that never gets buried in the sand, if you know what I mean. I mean, the debate was CONTENTIOUS. WHAT was keeping those ostriches HARD? The world needs to know! Blood or lymph, blood or lymph, we need a study that will put this debate to bed (as it were). And now, a study has come! (You see that I did there). So of course I had to cover it. While other places have talked about the study, I felt they missed a couple of points (there are photos of EMU PENISES AND OMG THEY ARE WEIRD), and they missed something else. This paper...is MASSIVELY quote-worthy. Just you wait.

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Ostrich penis clears up evolutionary mystery : Nature News & Comment

Ostrich penis clears up evolutionary mystery : Nature News & Comment | Science News | Scoop.it
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