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Take-off speed in jumping mantises depends on body size and a power-limited mechanism
Many insects such as fleas, froghoppers and grasshoppers use a catapult mechanism to jump, and a direct consequence of this is that their take-off velocities are independent of their mass. In contrast, insects such as mantises, caddis flies and bush crickets propel their jumps by direct muscle contr...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4958293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27284067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.133728 |