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There are six species of galagos, small nocturnal tree-dwelling primates found in forests of sub-Saharan Africa. Galagos are gray, brown, or reddish or yellowish brown animals with large eyes and ears, soft woolly fur, and a long tail. They are active at night, feeding on fruits, insects, and small birds. Galagos have elongated hind limbs that enable them to leap with great agility. Smaller forms, such as the bush baby, are particularly active and agile. Galagos range from 4½–6 in (11–16 cm) long, excluding the 7–8-in (18–20-cm) tail, to 12–15 in (30–37 cm), excluding the 16½–18½-in (42–47-cm) tail.
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The upshot here is that the best biological jumpers, like the galago, simply have the biggest jumping muscles relative to their body mass.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2023
But a capuchin monkey, with eight times as many cortical neurons as a small primate called a galago, has only 11 times as much white matter.
—Douglas Fox, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018
The first, a mohol galago — better known as a South African bushbaby — was born April 14 to mother Kirby and father Keanu.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2021
Some species, like the South African galago, hang out in acacia trees on the savanna.
—National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
Some species of galago can leap more than seven feet straight into the air.
—National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
Here, a joyous catalog teems with life, both familiar like the American black bear and African lion and unfamiliar like the Amazon River dolphin and Senegal galago.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
His further research determined that nature's best continuous jumper is the galago, or bush baby, a nocturnal primate native to Africa.
—Erin Biba, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
The galago's agility metric was twice that of any contemporary jumping robot.
—Erin Biba, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2023
But a capuchin monkey, with eight times as many cortical neurons as a small primate called a galago, has only 11 times as much white matter.
—Douglas Fox, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018
The first, a mohol galago — better known as a South African bushbaby — was born April 14 to mother Kirby and father Keanu.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2021
Some species, like the South African galago, hang out in acacia trees on the savanna.
—National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
Some species of galago can leap more than seven feet straight into the air.
—National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
Here, a joyous catalog teems with life, both familiar like the American black bear and African lion and unfamiliar like the Amazon River dolphin and Senegal galago.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
His further research determined that nature's best continuous jumper is the galago, or bush baby, a nocturnal primate native to Africa.
—Erin Biba, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
The galago's agility metric was twice that of any contemporary jumping robot.
—Erin Biba, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
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“Galago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galago. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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