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Whiskers as hydrodynamic prey sensors in foraging seals

The darkness of the deep ocean limits the vision of diving predators, except when prey emit bioluminescence. It is hypothesized that deep-diving seals rely on highly developed whiskers to locate their prey. However, if and how seals use their whiskers while foraging in natural conditions remains unk...

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Autores principales: Adachi, Taiki, Naito, Yasuhiko, Robinson, Patrick W., Costa, Daniel P., Hückstädt, Luis A., Holser, Rachel R., Iwasaki, Wataru, Takahashi, Akinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35696561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119502119