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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2022
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| 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 |