How to Stick the Landing: Kangaroo Rats Use Their Tails to Reorient during Evasive Jumps Away from Predators

Synopsis Tails are widespread in the animal world and play important roles in locomotor tasks, such as propulsion, maneuvering, stability, and manipulation of objects. Kangaroo rats, bipedal hopping rodents, use their tail for balancing during hopping, but the role of their tail during the vertical...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Integrative and comparative biology 2021-09, Vol.61 (2), p.442-454
Hauptverfasser:	Schwaner, M Janneke, Freymiller, Grace A, Clark, Rulon W, McGowan, Craig P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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