... in the first detailed description of cranial joint histology for a member of the Scincidae. Taken together, the morphological data indicate a high potential for amphikinesis and streptostyly, which was also corroborated by skull manipulations. High-speed cinematography demonstrated that mesokinesis occurs...

... platform and high-speed cinematography. Under natural conditions, D. rotundus consumes between 50 and 100 % of its body mass in blood during a single feeding ( Wimsatt, 1969 ). Jumping functions as a primary means of getting the heavily loaded vampire bat airborne from the ground and other surfaces...

... to be analyzed. These markers should be as far apart as possible in the direction of the movement under study. Markers may be conspicuous and well-defined anatomical points or artificial points (e.g. surgically implanted pieces of platinum, which are commonly used in X-ray cinematography). (3) The distance...

... cinematography showed that the asymmetry was caused both by changes in the timing of the two wings and by changes in the angular ranges of the wingbeats. We propose that these changes in the form and timing of the wingbeats are likely to have swung the flight force vector around the long axis of the body...