SciShow: Why Lizards Don't Run Marathons

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Content of the Lesson: Lizards tend to scurry around in short bursts rather than running long distances, and the reason why might be nearly as old as life on land. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.newswise.com/articles/some-lizards-breathe-easier https://www.biologyjunction.com/lizard_deep_breaths49.pdf https://jeb.biologists.org/content/200/20/2629 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/evolution-of-locomotor-stamina-in-tetrapods-circumventing-a-mechanical-constraint/BDE4249B34AB026E88E8C6BEEA27A9A9 https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zcsbmsg https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213001954 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/284/5420/twis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10356394 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16861059 https://phys.org/news/2013-12-mystery-lizard-one-way-airflow-million.html https://sciencing.com/respiration-mammals-7220116.html https://thehorse.com/125263/the-airways-and-lungs/ ---------- Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monitor_Lizard_Varanus_by_Vedant_Kasambe_02.jpg


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