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When bears walk do they move both legs on the same side at the same time?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    No. All four-legged animals (with three exceptions) walk in this manner: Each front leg moves with the opposite back leg. For the cat, camel, and giraffe the front leg moves with the back leg on the same side.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, not unless they run then the appendages on the same side work in tandem.

    When walking, they are like humans and must counterbalance themselves. that means as they push off their left hind foot their right forefoot must reach forward. They may have a lower center of gravity than humans, but they still need to maintain it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well jamie it depends. When a bear is slow walking, ambling or lumbering, they raise and lower one leg at a time. When walking fast they walk as you describe. When the run, they shift to alternating front to rear legs.

    http://www.earthlife.net/mammals/locomotion.html

    http://brainmuseum.org/Specimens/carnivora/blackbe...

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, they normally do.

    A few different mammals do this.

    The ones I can remember off-hand are brown and black bears, giraffes and camels.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It depends on what speed they're going - running, walking, loping, etc. - just as with any other quadriped.

  • 1 decade ago

    Depends on whether they're on the line or the backfield when they come out of the huddle.

  • 1 decade ago

    Nope, it's pretty irregular

    Source(s): Watching the animal channel
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yeah kinda

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