Josh Clark
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Yeah, like a spring.
When they go downward, all of that tendon gets a bunch of energy, kinetic energy stored in it.
And then when they bounce upward, it gets it's released and it can send them flying.
Chuck, I had no idea how far they can hop and how fast.
OK, so they can go up to 15 to 20 miles per hour.
And for those of you in Australia who don't know, that's about 24 to 32 kilometers per hour.
That's like golf cart speeds at top speeds even.
And then it can propel itself about 25 feet forward, almost seven or more than seven and a half meters and six feet high.
Nearly two meters high.
And so it could jump right over either of us, Chuck.
It could just barely clear me.
I'm five foot eleven and a half, if I'm fully honest.
They just free will you right over you.
What is up with that?
But I mean, does that mean our vertebrae are fusing together or like our knees are getting shorter?
Have we compacted the shin bones in our legs and that's what's doing it?