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Be an orangutan for the day with one of our academics

Dr Susannah Thorpe is offering you the chance to 'be an orangutan for the day'. As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, Susannah's research focuses on the association between animal form function and performance.

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Dr Susannah Thorpe is offering you the chance to ‘be an orangutan for the day’. As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, Susannah’s research focuses on the association between animal form function and performance. You can explore this with her by navigating an arboreal assault course (with the help of a parkour free-runner), moving through the trees like an orangutan.

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