Aim Limb reduction is a dramatic evolutionary transition, yet whether it is achieved in similar
trajectories across clades, and its environmental drivers, remain unclear. We investigate the …

Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations is a professional-level, state of the
art review and reference summarizing the current understanding of macroscopic metazoan …

The inner ear labyrinth is an organ able to perceive balance and spatial orientation, but the
drivers of its morphological variation across and within vertebrate lineages are unclear. We …

Background The ostrich is a cursorial bird with extraordinary speed and endurance,
especially in the desert, and thus is an ideal large-scale animal model for mechanic study of …

Large-scale handling of particulate solids can cause severe wear on bulk solids handling
equipment surfaces. Wear reduces equipment life span and increases maintenance cost …

The evolution of limb reduction in squamates is a classic example of convergence, but the
skeletal morphological patterns associated with it are underexplored. To provide insights on …

The sand viper Cerastes vipera can employ one of two distinct foraging modes, the widely
foraging or sit-and-wait mode, depending on the interplay between external and internal …

To study the ostrich (Struthio camelus) foot sole with an irregular surface and papillae, we
designed a multi-angle device to measure its friction properties on sand. The observed …

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This chapter is about metazoan animal locomotion on land. The animals discussed spend at
least significant parts of their respective life histories moving around either in or on the …