Cat on a Hot Treadmill (VIDEO) Duke University This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption In studying the efficiency of animal gaits, Duke's Daniel Schmitt has discovered that a domestic cat's stride is decidedly inefficient, particularly when it is stalking. Whereas a dog can recover about 70 percent of the energy of each stride by converting potential energy to kinetics, the cat can only convert about 40 percent. Credit Duke Research Communications Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.