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Biomechanics Penguin waddling is not wasteful (2000)

Kram, Rodger ; Griffin, Timothy M.

[s.l.] : Macmillan Magazines Ltd.

Nature 408 (2000), S. 929-929

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ISSN: 1476-4687

Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009

Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics

Notes: [Auszug] Penguins use twice as much metabolic energy as other terrestrial animals of a similar mass to walk a given distance, which was thought to be because side-to-side waddling requires excessive work. Here we show that waddling actually conserves mechanical energy and suggest instead that ...

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35050167

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