Coordinated movements prevent jamming in an Emperor penguin huddle.
For Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), huddling is the key to survival during the Antarctic winter. Penguins in a huddle are packed so tightly that individual movements become impossible, reminiscent of a jamming transition in compacted colloids. It is crucial, however, that the huddle structu...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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| coleção: | PLoS ONE |
| Acesso em linha: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3106014?pdf=render |
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