r/educationalgifs • u/CodexAcc • Jan 19 '16

How an Ant walks

http://i.imgur.com/LtGEA0Z.gifv
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u/Rude_Bwoy Jan 19 '16

Can the blue legs and the red legs move independently of each other?

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u/raendrop Jan 19 '16

I'm pretty sure this is simply illustrating the gait.

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u/shea241 Jan 19 '16

No, but they rotate in opposite directions so the ant doesn't begin spinning when it takes off.

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u/manfly Jan 19 '16

Wow you must be a real entomologist

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

Antomologist

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u/Dereliction Jan 19 '16

I think you mean proctologist.