Underwater bipedal locomotion by octopuses in disguise

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5717, 2005, Pages 1927-

  Huffard, Christine L ^a   Boneka, Farnis ^b   Full, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLES; OCTOPODIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 20144371862     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109616     Document Type: Article

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