166: Playground Brachiation


Before we we walked upright,
our ancestors swung through the forest.

This is an ode to primate locomotion.

166: Brachiation
[ 1 min read ]

Are you getting out there on monkey bars?

When did you last climb a tree?

- Jeremy

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