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Fig. 10. Jumping in Meconema and Conocephalus. (A) Two jumps by the same female Meconema. Four selected images of one jump captured at 500 frames s-1 show the hind legs were not fully flexed before they were extended rapidly. The changes in the femoro-tibial angle and speed of body movement are plotted from a second jump with a takeoff velocity of 1.6 m s-1 captured at 1000 frames s-1. (B) Selected images and plots of the femorotibial angle and speed of body movement from the same jump by a male Conocephalus taking off at a velocity of 1.0 m s-1 captured at 1000 frames s-1.