... provided that the original work is properly attributed. Summary: Kestrels use a wide range of individual and coupled kinematics to maintain steady wind-hovering flights. This paper investigates the importance of these motions in this type of flight. Couplings Agility Locomotor dynamics...

... is properly attributed. Summary: Despite generally rigid bodies, bluefin tuna are capable of maneuvering with high agility by using various turning behaviors, with a flexible tail and caudal peduncle. Maneuverability Agility Thunnus orientalis Ratchet turn Swimming Office of Naval...

... Despite their enormous size, whales make their living as voracious predators. To catch their much smaller, more maneuverable prey, they have developed several unique locomotor strategies that require high energetic input, high mechanical power output and a surprising degree of agility. To better...

... wood mice revealed higher levels of locomotion and exploration than C57BL/6J mice. Learning and memory performance in the novel object recognition test was similar in both Formosan wood mice and C57BL/6J mice, but more agile responses in the inhibitory avoidance discrimination task were found...

... ray in its natural environment shows that its turning maneuvers fall within the range of those exhibited by swimmers with rigid bodies. Maneuvering Agility Turning Stereovideography Unsteady swimming is a vital aspect of the locomotor repertoire of aquatic animals (Webb, 1997 , 2006...

...) and employed more body adjustments (i.e. mantle angle posturing) during approaches toward shrimp versus fish. Squid exhibited higher linear approach/strike velocities and accelerations with faster-swimming fish prey compared with slower shrimp prey. Agility (i.e. turning rate) during prey encounters...

..., Sepia bandensis , were filmed during turns using high-speed cameras. Kinematic features were tracked, including the length-specific radius of the turn (R / L), a measure of maneuverability, and angular velocity (ω), a measure of agility. Both L. brevis and S. bandensis demonstrated high maneuverability...

... evident. Within our quality-corrected data, 1500 m-speed (endurance) was negatively associated with squat time (power), jump distance (power) and agility speed – reflecting the expected speed–endurance trade-off; and degree of specialisation was negatively associated with average performance across tasks...

... of the relatively greater force production inherent in the parasagittal limb posture of mice. e-mail: [email protected] 27 2 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 agility maneuverability moment of inertia locomotion running mouse Mus musculus Turning...

... the evolution of cynodonts and mammals reduced rotational inertia and probably improved turning ability. * e-mail: [email protected] 3 5 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 agility manoeuvrability moment of inertia locomotion lizard rat mouse Mus...

[email protected] 24 8 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 agility manoeuvrability moment of inertia locomotion human. Rotational inertia (I) is the resistance a body offers to torques that act to spin it about an axis. It is the sum of differential elements of mass (m...

...David R. Carrier; Rebecca M. Walter; David V. Lee SUMMARY The turning agility of theropod dinosaurs may have been severely limited by the large rotational inertia of their horizontal trunks and tails. Bodies with mass distributed far from the axis of rotation have much greater rotational inertia...

... that of highly flexible fish. Agility, the rate of turning, is related to maneuverability. The median- and pectoral-fin-powered turns of O. meleagri s are slow relative to the body- and caudal-fin-powered turns of more flexible fish. * Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, University...

... of one wing (m w ) was plotted against body mass for the eight bat species, which gives: The slope for our bats, 1.11, is similar to that obtained for birds, 1.10. Adaptations to reduce the moments of inertia may be more important for increasing a bat’s flight agility (roll acceleration) than...