How ostriches use their 'springy' legs to help them run faster and longer. By Niall Firth for MailOnline. Updated: 07:05 EST, 1 November 2010. 15 View comments. 15. View. comments. Ostriches are able to run so fast over long distances because they use half as much energy as humans do to run at their top speed.Scientists who compared ostriches and humans running discovered that the huge birds can store twice as much energy in their leg tendons as we can.o find out how an ostrich runs the researches fitted reflective markers to the joints of five humans and five tame ostriches. They then carried out a detailed analysis of their gait and movements as they ran on a custom-built running track 50 metres long.
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Jackie Robinson helped the Dodgers finaly defeat the Yankees to win the 1955 World Series (image courtesy of www.sandomenico.org).. 1955 was easily the worst year of Robinsonâs career statistically, but he did earn his first and only World Series title.ackie Robinson helped the Dodgers finaly defeat the Yankees to win the 1955 World Series (image courtesy of www.sandomenico.org).