Swimming in the Sahara

Stephanie B. Crofts () and Adam P. Summers ()
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Stephanie B. Crofts: Stephanie B. Crofts and Adam P. Summers are at the University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, Washington 98250, USA.
Adam P. Summers: Stephanie B. Crofts and Adam P. Summers are at the University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, Washington 98250, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 472, issue 7342, 177-178

Abstract: The sandfish, a type of desert lizard, can vanish into a sandy substrate in a blink of an eye. Approaches that draw on mathematics, physics and engineering provide complementary insights into how the animal achieves this feat.

Date: 2011
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