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How sea butterflies flit and float Science News
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Sea butterflies are marine snails that propel themselves through water with a pair of winglike appendages. “They come in this dazzling array of sizes and shapes,” says David Murphy, a mechanical engineer at the University of South Florida in Tampa. New videos taken by Murphy and colleagues reveal the unique swimming styles of sea butterflies with different shell shapes. “It’s pretty remarkable how graceful the motion of their wings is,” Murphy says. “Just really beautiful to watch.” • Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/s... • CREDITS • Story • Maria Temming • Production • Helen Thompson • Video • Ferhat Karakas and David Murphy, Murphy Fluids Lab, University of South Florida • Music • “Outmoded Waltz” by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0) • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Po... • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • Citation • F. Karakas et al. Swimming and sinking behavior of warm water pelagic snails. Frontiers in Marine Science. Published online September 7, 2020. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.556239.
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