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Salamanders on Treadmills Show They Can Walk Extreme Distances to Mate
When it comes to finding a mate, some small-mouth mole salamanders will walk... and walk... and walk.
They may not "walk 500 miles" and then "500 more," like the old Nineties hit goes, but new research that placed salamanders on mini, custom-made treadmills showed that they will walk an average of six miles and as many as nine miles for love before pooping out.
That's the equivalent of a human jogging 75 miles, according to study author Robert Denton, an Ohio State University ecologist and graduate student.
"Salamanders have very short legs, so the treadmill has to move at a very slow rate," Denton explained to Seeker. "But they could keep going and going."
They may not "walk 500 miles" and then "500 more," like the old Nineties hit goes, but new research that placed salamanders on mini, custom-made treadmills showed that they will walk an average of six miles and as many as nine miles for love before pooping out.
That's the equivalent of a human jogging 75 miles, according to study author Robert Denton, an Ohio State University ecologist and graduate student.
"Salamanders have very short legs, so the treadmill has to move at a very slow rate," Denton explained to Seeker. "But they could keep going and going."
