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Schnecken machen sich laaaaanng

Ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass Schnecken dazu in der Lage sind, sich derartige auszudehnen, wenn es denn sein muss.

Watching this Snail Stretch to get to the other side
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Und dieses Exemplar hier ist da offenbar kein Einzelfall.

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Spinnenharfe

Nicht nur ein Instrument, die Spinnenharfe.

Dr. Ross Hatton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics at Oregon State University (OSU) and his graduate student, Andrew Otto collaborated with biologists at the University of California, Berkeley (who study real-life spiders) to construct this large-scale model and robot spider in hopes of revealing the mechanisms that the real-life counterparts in nature use to detect activity on their web through vibrations. Dr. Chet Udell, Assistant Professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering, electronic instrument builder, and musician heard about the robot spider on NPR. Hatton and Udell randomly met at a research mixer event where the idea to transform this web into a highly expressive musical instrument became a formal collaboration.


(Direktlink, via Kottke)

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Pliosaurier-Schädel entdeckt

In UK haben sie vor ein Wochen aus den Klippen der Jurassic Coast in Dorset einen riesigen Schädel eines Pliosauriers geborgen. Die Entdeckung gilt in Expertenkreisen als Sensation, da der rund zwei Meter lange Fund weltweit einer der besterhaltenen und komplettesten seiner Art ist.

The skull of a colossal sea monster has been extracted from the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, UK.

It belongs to a pliosaur, a ferocious marine reptile that terrorised the oceans about 150 million years ago.

The 2m-long fossil is one of the most complete specimens of its type ever discovered and is giving new insights into this ancient predator.

The skull will be featured in a special David Attenborough programme on BBC One on New Year’s Day.


(Direktlink)

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