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The Gibbon Breakiator

The Gibbon is best at breakiation, the technical term for the form of locomotion where you swing from arm to arm through the canopy. When they're walking bipedally, they look more human at a glance than any other animal on Earth. According to National Geographic, Gibbons can clear gaps between trees of up to 50 feet,. They could practically throw themselves down a bowling lane, swinging from one branch, releasing, traveling 50 feet horizontally before you grab the next branch.

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