Tails stabilize landing of gliding geckos crashing head-first into tree trunks

Animals use diverse solutions to land on vertical surfaces. Here we show the unique landing of the gliding gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus. Our high-speed video footage in the Southeast Asian rainforest capturing the first recorded, subcritical, short-range glides revealed that geckos did not markedly...

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Autores principales: Siddall, Robert, Byrnes, Greg, Full, Robert J., Jusufi, Ardian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02378-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02378-6

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