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Birds land reliably on complex surfaces by adapting their foot-surface interactions upon contact
Birds land on a wide range of complex surfaces, yet it is unclear how they grasp a perch reliably. Here, we show how Pacific parrotlets exhibit stereotyped leg and wing dynamics regardless of perch diameter and texture, but foot, toe, and claw kinematics become surface-specific upon touchdown. A new...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31385573 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46415 |