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Seal and Sea lion Whiskers Detect Slips of Vortices Similar as Rats Sense Textures

Pinnipeds like seals and sea lions use their whiskers to hunt their prey in dark and turbid situations. There is currently no theoretical model or hypothesis to explain the interaction between whiskers and hydrodynamic fish trails. The current study, however, provides a theoretical and experimental...

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Autores principales: Muthuramalingam, Muthukumar, Bruecker, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49243-5