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Tongue adhesion in the horned frog Ceratophrys sp.
Frogs are well-known to capture elusive prey with their protrusible and adhesive tongues. However, the adhesive performance of frog tongues and the mechanism of the contact formation with the prey item remain unknown. Here we measured for the first time adhesive forces and tongue contact areas in li...
Autores principales: | Kleinteich, Thomas, Gorb, Stanislav N. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381498/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24921415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05225 |
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