“"Stotting" is jumping upward with all four legs simultaneously. My advice: do not die until you've seen a large black poodle stotting in the snow.”

—  Douglas Adams , book The Salmon of Doubt

The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

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English writer and humorist 1952–2001

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