By Susan Milius
Vampire bats have evolved their own form of running, the first test of these creatures on a treadmill shows. As the treadmill pace picks up, they switch to a run, with all limbs airborne at one point in each stride.
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These are the only bats known to run, so their ancestors probably didn’t go jogging, reports Daniel Riskin of Cornell University.