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SUBMITTER: Gemmell BJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4667611 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gemmell Brad J BJ Colin Sean P SP Costello John H JH Dabiri John O JO
Nature communications 20151103
A central and long-standing tenet in the conceptualization of animal swimming is the idea that propulsive thrust is generated by pushing the surrounding water rearward. Inherent in this perspective is the assumption that locomotion involves the generation of locally elevated pressures in the fluid to achieve the expected downstream push of the surrounding water mass. Here we show that rather than pushing against the surrounding fluid, efficient swimming animals primarily pull themselves through ...[more]