.... To do this, I used a pair of high-speed digital cameras to record a portion of the middle of glides by southern flying squirrels, Glaucomys volans . The squirrels launched from a height of 4 m and landed on a vertical pole. Reflective markers were applied to anatomical landmarks and the 3-D coordinates...

... also be expected during the launch phase of locomotion. To address this question, launch kinematic profiles were compared in leaping ( Tamias striatus ), parachuting ( Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ) and gliding ( Glaucomys volans ) squirrels. Animals were filmed launching to the ground from a platform using...