Arboreal Agility principle
Lessons from Margay
Turn with the branch.
Reversible-Ankle Climbing
Core lesson
The hard path becomes easy when your body can turn with it.
Biological basis
Margays are highly arboreal cats with flexible ankles that can rotate to help them descend trees headfirst and move through branches with agility.
Best use cases
Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.
AgilityClimbingFlexible movementHard pathsBody design