Srila Prabhupada, Mayapura, September 30, 1974: […] Just like you’ll find the lizard, a very plain wall, polished wall, but they’ll go very swiftly. You have no science to do that. You cannot do it. The vulture, it goes very high. They have got very small eyes, but they can see from miles away… Full Lecture
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June 30, 2012, University of California, Berkeley: Lizards, just like cats, have a knack for turning right side up and landing on their feet when they fall. But how do they do it? Unlike cats, which twist and bend their torsos to turn upright, lizards swing their large tails one way to rotate their body the other, according to a recent study presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 29th June in Salzburg, Austria. A lizard-inspired robot, called ‘RightingBot’, replicates the feat. Full Article
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