<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This explains why chickens and pigeons and coots and other birds bob their heads as they walk. They stabilize-move-stabilize-move-stabilize-move the head as they walk, while the body keeps a steady forward pace. Presumably this is to give them the best vision of their surroundings.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dennis Paulson</div><div class="">Seattle<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/O0hxDxIk0rM?si=ioHAcBaLb5P5ElGT" class="">https://youtube.com/shorts/O0hxDxIk0rM?si=ioHAcBaLb5P5ElGT</a> </div></div></div>
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