"The orthograde single and two-footed leaps are likely useful during feeding and crossing short distances between branches of the same tree, " explains Mr Channon.

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And as we all know, only after a few short months at home, the Comfort is back in Haiti, along with many other branches of our military, delivering aid with their civilian counterparts, helping the Haitian people, and all the while showing the very best of America and making us all so proud.

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