{"id":8772,"date":"2010-06-12T21:33:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/12\/testing-the-flotation-dynamics-and-swimming\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T01:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T01:36:39","slug":"testing-the-flotation-dynamics-and-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/12\/testing-the-flotation-dynamics-and-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8772 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/12\/testing-the-flotation-dynamics-and-swimming\/attachment\/8773\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tumblr_l3x7vgIVsL1qzxaqho1_400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tumblr_l3x7vgIVsL1qzxaqho1_400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tumblr_l3x7vgIVsL1qzxaqho1_400-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/tetrapodzoology\/2010\/06\/giraffe_flotation_dynamics.php\" target=\"_blank\">Testing  the flotation dynamics and swimming abilities of giraffes by way of  computational analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Does this have any implications whatsoever for anything? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Making predictions about the floating and swimming abilities of giraffes is fun, but does it have any wider implications? For one thing, it perhaps helps make the point that we&rsquo;re increasingly able to test questions in biology using computational models and simulation, rather than experimentation on real animals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.quisby.net\/post\/687100332\" target=\"_blank\">nostrich<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testing the flotation dynamics and swimming abilities of giraffes by way of computational analysis Does this have any implications whatsoever for anything? Making predictions about the floating and swimming abilities of giraffes is fun, but does it have any wider implications? For one thing, it perhaps helps make the point that we&rsquo;re increasingly able to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/12\/testing-the-flotation-dynamics-and-swimming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8774,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772\/revisions\/8774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}