Archer fish, Toxotes microlepis, spit jets of water to capture prey and also hunt by jumping out of the water to heights of up to 2.5 body lengths. In this study, high-speed imaging and particle image velocimetry were used to investigate the kinematics and hydrodynamics of this behavior. Jumping used a set of kinematics in […]
Paper, Energetics of optimal undulatory swimming organisms
Fish-like swimming exhibits speeds, efficiencies and versatility relative to body size. Researchers found that minimizing cost of transport (COT) or maximizing swimming speed do not result in optimal efficiency. These efficiencies decrease with swimmer size. Their conclusions explain and bring together past studies about the trade-offs between locomotion and body size […]
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