Re: horse gaits

In article <34E...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl>
wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> >
> > Some time ago, in alt.ascii-art, in article
> > <CJ9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine
> > <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life
> > > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed
> > > in domestic cats if you have cats at home.
> > >
> > > (A) SLOW WALK.  The legs  act in diagonally opposite pairs:
[snip]
> > > (B) TROT.  If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back
[snip]
> > > (C) CANTER. The left front and rear go forward in step as the
[snip]
> > > (D) GALLOP. Both rear legs scissor forward together as both front
[snip]
> > > There is also (E) FOUR LEGGED HOP [PRONKING].  Speaks for itself:
> > > hop vertically in the air on all foutr legs at once.
> >
> > With the help of Shimrod (what am I saying? It's entirely his
> > Javascripting!), all the gaits (except pronking) are now viewable
> > if you have Netscape Navigator 3.01 or MSIE 4.0 with the Javascript
> > enabled at:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsegaits.htm
> 
> I've refined the animation some more, and added pronking at:
> 
> http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/asciiart/llizardhorse.html
> 
> Greetz,
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Hilarious.

I am in danger of losing my head once again. I will make an attempt at
pronking on my page when I get a chance.

But thanks for the laugh. I needed it.


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