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Off like a shot: scaling of ballistic tongue projection reveals extremely high performance in small chameleons
Stretching elastic tissues and using their recoil to power movement allows organisms to release energy more rapidly than by muscle contraction directly, thus amplifying power output. Chameleons employ such a mechanism to ballistically project their tongue up to two body lengths, achieving power outp...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26725508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep18625 |