Route Memory principle
Lessons from Black-and-rufous Elephant Shrew
Know the little roads.
Leaf-Litter Path Running
Core lesson
Speed becomes safer when the path is already known.
Biological basis
Black-and-rufous Elephant Shrews maintain small trail networks through leaf litter and use long noses and fast movement to forage and escape in forest habitats.
Best use cases
Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.
Route memorySpeedPreparationForest movementSafe paths