This might be a really weird question, but why do Kangaroos jump instead of walk?
As a human jumping takes a lot more energy than jumping, so it must be something biological, but they are like the only animal family that does that (I’m sure there are more kangaroo-like animals I don’t know about)?
Edit – After seeing a few comments, this post isn’t about why the evolved to do so (even though it is an interesting question), I was asking what is the anatomical reasoning for it.
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Why do children skip instead of run or walk fast?
Because for how their bodies are built, it is the easiest and fastest way to travel. Their bodies evolved and at some point hopping became easier and faster for them than walking
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