Kinematics - Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake
Kinematics - Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake
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DOI：
10.1038/418603a
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发表时间：
2002-08-08
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
Socha, JJ
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作者：
Socha, JJ
大多数脊椎动物滑翔机，如飞鼠，使用对称成对的“翅膀”在飞行过程中产生升力，但飞蛇（genusopelea）没有这样的附肢或其他明显的形态学特化来帮助它们进行空中运动。在这里，我描述了天堂树蛇滑翔的三维运动学，这表明这种蛇的空中行为不同于任何其他滑翔机，它可以对它所采取的方向施加显着的控制，尽管明显缺乏控制表面。
Most vertebrate gliders, such as flying squirrels, use symmetrically paired 'wings' to generate lift during flight, but flying snakes (genusChrysopelea) have no such appendages or other obvious morphological specializations to assist them in their aerial movements,,,,,. Here I describe the three-dimensional kinematics of gliding by the paradise tree snake,Chrysopelea paradisi, which indicate that the aerial behaviour of this snake is unlike that of any other glider and that it can exert remarkable control over the direction it takes, despite an apparent lack of control surfaces.