RESEARCH NOTES: Study shows pronghorn antelope's swiftness is due to physiology.

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  • Author(s): Wheeler, David L.
  • Source:
    Chronicle of Higher Education. 11/6/91, Vol. 38 Issue 11, pA9. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Abstract:
      Reports on a research which claims that the pronghorn antelope achieves extraordinary speed because of the animals' ability to consume oxygen, rather than due to a novel anatomy. Speed that can be reached by the pronghorn; Method used by the researchers to study the antelope's metabolic success; Anatomical features of the animal.