Thursday, February 06, 2014

Chickosaurus


Why have researchers equipped chickens with prosthetic tails? They intend to use use their new dinochickens to test hypotheses about dinosaur locomotion and get a better idea of just how dinosaurs used to move.
Image: Diagram of femur position and posture in chickens, as impacted
by the presence of a prosthetic tail / PLOS ONE


More at this link

No comments:

Post a Comment