Walking or running: for the same distance, which consumes more energy?
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Over the same distance, you’ll go faster by running, but you’ll be active for longer by walking. What costs us the most energy?
  • MoonMelon@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The study of this is called allometry, and if you know the bone lengths of a creature you can generalize the formula to figure out when that animal will change from any one gait to another (like trot, canter, gallop, etc). This was used on Jurassic Park to figure out when the T-Rex would run (although I believe they ended up fudging it for coolness factor).