Skin wrinkles and folds enable asymmetric stretch in the elephant trunk

The elephant’s trunk is multifunctional: It must be flexible to wrap around vegetation, but tough to knock down trees and resist attack. How can one appendage satisfy both constraints? In this combined experimental and theoretical study, we challenged African elephants to reach far-away objects with...

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Autores principales: Schulz, Andrew K., Boyle, Madeline, Boyle, Colin, Sordilla, Sophia, Rincon, Catalina, Hooper, Scott, Aubuchon, Catie, Reidenberg, Joy S., Higgins, Claire, Hu, David L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
Materias:
Biological Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9351381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35858384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122563119

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9351381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35858384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122563119

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