Octopus Locomotion

[Neogonodactylus]

If you have not seen it, Crissy Huffard has a new paper out in J. Exp. Biology on locomotion in Abdopus aculeatus. This extends her paper last year on bipedal locomotion. The following link may work:

http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/209/19/3697/DC1?eaf

Roy

 

[Architeuthoceras]

Cool! Congrats Crissy,

The videos work and the summary works, but you need a subscription to view the paper.

 

[main_board]

Fantastic footage! Such an amazing display!


Cheers!

 

[mucktopus]

Glad you like the vids. I wish i could post the pdf but that violates the journal copyright rules.

 

[monty]

Glad you like the vids. I wish i could post the pdf but that violates the journal copyright rules.

A common (but of course sometimes contested) interpretation of "Fair Use" is that it while it's not OK to republish articles on web sites, it is OK to provide copies (photocopies or emailed pdfs) to others for educational or research purposes. At least, I've known professors who do that all the time.

- M

p.s. and extra congratulations are in order for having the picture on the journal cover, too!

 

[sorseress]

They really were great vids, and an interesting summary. Good work.