Very interesting work!
However, when an animal moves through a granular material, predictability and theoretical underpinning have been as elusive as seeing a world in a grain of sand.
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Posted on: Wednesday, 13 April 2011 10:00 AM
Author: Stephanie B. Crofts
Subject: Biomechanics: Swimming in the Sahara
| Biomechanics: Swimming in the Sahara Nature 472, 7342 (2011). doi:10.1038/472177a Authors: Stephanie B. Crofts & Adam P. Summers The sandfish, a type of desert lizard, can vanish into a sandy substrate in a blink of an eye. Approaches that draw on mathematics, physics and engineering provide complementary insights into how the animal achieves this feat. |
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