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SUBMITTER: Concha A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382676 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Concha Andrés A Mellado Paula P Morera-Brenes Bernal B Sampaio Costa Cristiano C Mahadevan L L Monge-Nájera Julián J
Nature communications 20150317
The rapid squirt of a proteinaceous slime jet endows velvet worms (Onychophora) with a unique mechanism for defence from predators and for capturing prey by entangling them in a disordered web that immobilizes their target. However, to date, neither qualitative nor quantitative descriptions have been provided for this unique adaptation. Here we investigate the fast oscillatory motion of the oral papillae and the exiting liquid jet that oscillates with frequencies f~30-60 Hz. Using anatomical ima ...[more]