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A gene defect may make rabbits do handstands instead of hop

To move quickly, some rabbits throw up their back legs and walk on their front paws

rabbit standing on front paws

Some rabbits walk on their front paws in a strange gait that is the result of a mutation in one gene, a study finds. The protein made by that gene may help rabbits coordinate their limbs.

Samuel Boucher

By Erin Garcia de Jesús

- More than 2 years ago

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One defective gene might turn some bunnies’ hops into handstands, a new study suggests.