Publications by authors named "Terrell Worrell"
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- * A study on Brood X cicadas showed that after emerging, the wings expand significantly within the first 40 minutes, growing to about 16% of the cicada's body mass due to hemolymph pumping.
- * Surprisingly, after the wings are fully expanded, their mass decreases, making the final adult wings lighter than the original wing pads, indicating a unique mechanism of hemolymph management during wing formation.
Many flying animals use optic flow to control their flight. During landing maneuvers, pigeons, hummingbirds, bats, Draco lizards and bees use the -constant braking strategy. This strategy regulates the approach by keeping the ratio of distance to an object and the rate of change of that distance constant.
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