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  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Vision does not impact walking performance in Argentine ants
    Glenna T. Clifton, David Holway, Nicholas Gravish
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb228460 doi: 10.1242/jeb.228460 Published 16 October 2020

    Summary: Argentine ants plunged into darkness do not slow down while walking on flat and uneven terrain or while approaching and crossing a step obstacle.

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    Scaling of swimming performance in baleen whales
    William T. Gough, Paolo S. Segre, K. C. Bierlich, David E. Cade, Jean Potvin, Frank E. Fish, Julian Dale, Jacopo di Clemente, Ari S. Friedlaender, David W. Johnston, Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, John Kennedy, John H. Long, Machiel Oudejans, Gwenith Penry, Matthew S. Savoca, Malene Simon, Simone K. A. Videsen, Fleur Visser, David N. Wiley, Jeremy A. Goldbogen
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb204172 doi: 10.1242/jeb.204172 Published 23 October 2019

    Editors' Choice: Motion-sensing tags attached to baleen whales paired with unoccupied aerial system (drone) imagery demonstrate that while oscillatory stroking frequency decreases with size, absolute swimming speed remains consistent over an order of magnitude body mass range.

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    Variation in body condition during the post-moult foraging trip of southern elephant seals and its consequences on diving behaviour
    Gaëtan Richard, Jade Vacquié-Garcia, Joffrey Jouma’a, Baptiste Picard, Alexandre Génin, John P. Y. Arnould, Frédéric Bailleul, Christophe Guinet
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2014 217: 2609-2619; doi: 10.1242/jeb.088542

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