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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |