Locally-curved geometry generates bending cracks in the African elephant skin

The skin of the African bush elephant features micrometer-wide channels whose function is water and mud retention for thermal regulation and protection from parasites. Here authors use microscopy and modelling to show that the channels are fractures of the animal thick and brittle skin outermost lay...

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Auteurs principaux: António F. Martins, Nigel C. Bennett, Sylvie Clavel, Herman Groenewald, Sean Hensman, Stefan Hoby, Antoine Joris, Paul R. Manger, Michel C. Milinkovitch
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/358451733a03440482d52fb7a10fc152
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