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Jumping without Using Legs: The Jump of the Click-Beetles (Elateridae) Is Morphologically Constrained
To return to their feet, inverted click-beetles (Elateridae) jump without using their legs. When a beetle is resting on its dorsal side, a hinge mechanism is locked to store elastic energy in the body and releases it abruptly to launch the beetle into the air. While the functional morphology of the...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21698194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020871 |