He studies the animals by watching them runona tiny treadmill-like apparatus or recording the way they manipulate their bodies when they fall off vertical surfaces.
So the 44-year-old, who says his peers' evaluations were somewhat harsh, recently rejoined the local gym, where he heads after work at least three days a week to runon the treadmill, cycle or stretch.
The other Rio, the rounded S30S, is being aimed at people in the gym who wear a radio strapped to their arm while they runon the treadmill or climb the Stairmaster.