We could use one of these to carry our extra gear around the Pinnacle behind us while we ride.
http://www.michelleoshen.com/this-is-the-freakiest-thing-ive-ever-seen-im-afraid/

We need to get Dan out on his bike in the fresh air. The stuff he is finding is getting a little too bizarre to consider normal surfing.
 
[img:7c60f52a7e]http://www.team-pinnacle.org/albums/bc_personal/120x90.png[/img:7c60f52a7e]

I'll share some of the comments of the U-Tube watching crowd:

[quote:d5606d9eaa]"WTF, WTH, odd, scarry, freaky, wow, beautiful, genius, amazing, alive, weird, evil, I wanna ride one, unbelievable..."[/quote:d5606d9eaa]

Well that just about says it all, except I agree with Brian.

Dan, you're freakin us out, get outside and soon, before I start to bleeping cry over a robot.

Ryan

p.s. this isn't an animal chronical but it certainly qualifies as "Stranger than Fiction".

Yes it is freaky, but it is in our backyard.

http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog

Built in Boston

And there is video of the beta version:

Seems like there was quite a bit of development between alpha and beta.

http://www.break.com/index/more-video-of-lifelike-robotic-dog.html