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SUBMITTER: Darbois Texier B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5395245 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Darbois Texier Baptiste B Ibarra Alejandro A Melo Francisco F
PloS one 20170418 4
Non-cohesive materials such as sand, dry snow or cereals are encountered in various common circumstances, from everyday situations to industry. The process of digging into these materials remains a challenge to most animals and machines. Within the animal kingdom, different strategies are employed to overcome this issue, including excavation methods used by ants, the two-anchor strategy employed by soft burrowers such as razor-clams, and undulatory motions exhibited by sandfish lizards. Despite ...[more]