This shows a six legged harvester at work.
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Jomo
This is apparently a John Deere six legged tree harvester.
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Jomo
This is one of their newer bigger models.
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Jomo
There's the Boston Dynamics group, I believe affiliated with MIT, that's got a military pack mule now that can climb hills, and right itself when someone purposefully tries to kick it over onto its side.
This is one of their much earlier four legged robots running.
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The SD Wild Animal Park is one of the more humane zoos in the country IMO.
I too felt the despair of the animals every time I worked at the zoo downtown. I guess we reap what we sow....
Jomo
Myanmar(Burma) still uses elephants for low impact logging, and has done so for a very long time.
I find it very heart breaking that the modern world is bringing this noble symbiotic relationship between man and animal to an end...
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