httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bsusAavtOo&feature=youtu.be
Who wouldn’t want to see a lizard do a face plant? Apparently tens of thousands couldn’t pass this one up. It’s all part of Chi-Yun Kuo’s research in the Duncan Irschick Lab; Chi-Yun provided a first-hand account of the research when the paper was published last year.
Editor’s Correction: Chi-Yun’s paper is fabulous, but this video actually comes from Casey Gilman’s also wonderful research. See her original paper in the lab that produced this video and the recent field follow-up.
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Chi-Yun Kuo
Thanks for sharing! This awesome video was actually from my labmate Casey Gilman’s project, which investigated the effect of perch compliance on jump performance in green anoles. Check out her paper!
Gilman C.A., Bartlett M.D., Gillis G.B., and D.J. Irschick. 2012. Total recoil: Perch compliance alters jumping performance and kinematics in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 215:220-226. doi:10.1242/jeb.061838
Casey Gilman
Thanks, Chi-Yun!