...-licence-1-1/ Summary: Several morphological modifications are likely to contribute to the stiffness of the novel walking appendages in the sea-robin and therefore their ability to facilitate underwater locomotion. Fin rays Prionotus Locomotion Lepidotrichia Materials Fish...

...Philip S. L. Anderson ABSTRACT A viper injecting venom into a target, a mantis shrimp harpooning a fish, a cactus dispersing itself via spines attaching to passing mammals; all these are examples of biological puncture. Although disparate in terms of materials, kinematics and phylogeny, all three...