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Although it doesn't really count as he didn't seem to realise he was doing it, shortly before his evening milk he casually stood and balanced fully bipedally without leaning on anything for about five seconds, repeating it once more before reverting to holding on to something. Perhaps the way he was gripping one of the wooden mallets for his xylophone under his arm helped him centralise his weight distribution more effectively than is usually possible when flailing his arms in various directions whilst sticking either his arse or belly out as far as possible.