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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06257-3 |