The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of displaying the cheetah’s species-specific high-speed running behavior on visitors to the exhibition. It also explored the factors that motivate visitors to visit the exhibit and keep them there. A questionnaire was sent to 347 visitors to the exhibition, and the free-text responses were subjected to a quantitative text analysis. In order to understand the overall experience of visitors to the exhibition, an exhibition experience type was developed. The evaluation of the exhibition, the motivation to visit, and the factors that lead to continuous visits were examined in relation to the experience of visiting the exhibition, using satisfaction, willingness to visit, willingness to visit again, and number of visits as indicators. The results suggest that esthetic and praise experiences have a significant effect on the value placed on them by visitors. These experiences also suggest that they are related to the motivation to visit the exhibition and the number of visits.

筆者らは一般市民の生物多様性保全の意識の向上を図ることを目的として，オンラインツアーを活用した教育プログラムの検討を行っている．本稿では南アフリカにある

 Zoos are expected to play a role in environmental education. However, zoos have not been able to provide sufficient opportunities for experiential learning to the age groups from the upper grades of elementary school to university students, who rarely have the opportunity to visit a zoo. Zoos are required to carry out various recruiting and public relations activities to increase the opportunities of coming to a zoo for these age groups. This study aimed to collect basic information relevant to pursuing the potential of zoos as a site of environmental education for these age groups. A questionnaire survey targeting 479 vocational school students in the city of Fukuoka was administered. As a result, zoos were generally recognized as a place for recreation. In contrast, some students interested in animals considered zoos to be a place for learning, and it is necessary to increase their satisfaction with this purpose. To enhance the role of the zoo as a place of environmental education, it is necessary to devise exhibitions in which animals can be enjoyed and to satisfy the basic requirements of visitors who visit for various purposes. It will be possible to promote the environmental education role of zoos by encouraging and arousing interest in the age group and connecting them to learning.

Cheetah is the fastest quadruped in the animal kingdom. To understand the mechanisms underlying the high-speed running ability, we focus on the two key characteristics of cheetah running: trunk bending and footfall pattern, known as rotary gallop. While trunk bending contributes to stride extension, the extent to which the footfall pattern contributes to high-speed running remains unclear. To address this issue, we hypothesized that the rotary gallop allows for effective utilization of trunk bending. A previous simulation study suggested that flexible trunk bending in response to the footfall pattern improves running speed. In this paper, we present a simple wheeled robot to verify our hypothesis in the real world.

　カピバラ（Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris）は南米に生息する最大の齧歯類である。カピバラの胎盤構造はヒトと類似しているという報告があり，実験