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Hydrodynamic constraints on prey-capture performance in forward-striking snakes

Some specialized aquatic snakes such as Natrix tessellata strike at fish by rapidly accelerating their head towards the prey with their mouth opened widely. This strategy is believed to be suboptimal as relatively high drag forces act on the open jaws and, therefore, probably limit strike speed. Mor...

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Hauptverfasser: Van Wassenbergh, Sam, Brecko, Jonathan, Aerts, Peter, Stouten, Ilona, Vanheusden, Gwen, Camps, Andy, Van Damme, Raoul, Herrel, Anthony
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society 2010
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874232/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19828500
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2009.0385
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