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Turning turtle: scaling relationships and self-righting ability in Chelydra serpentina

Testudines are susceptible to inversion and self-righting using their necks, limbs or both, to generate enough mechanical force to flip over. We investigated how shell morphology, neck length and self-righting biomechanics scale with body mass during ontogeny in Chelydra serpentina, which uses neck-...

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Autores principales: Ruhr, Ilan M., Rose, Kayleigh A. R., Sellers, William I., Crossley, Dane A., Codd, Jonathan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33653130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0213