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Landing locusts crash head first for speedier getaways

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![Figure][1] Time-lapse image of a warm locust completing a successful landing after crashing head first. Photo credit: Simon Reichel. As Jan-Henning Dirks observes, what goes up must come down. But… Click to show full abstract

![Figure][1] Time-lapse image of a warm locust completing a successful landing after crashing head first. Photo credit: Simon Reichel. As Jan-Henning Dirks observes, what goes up must come down. But when Dirks attended conferences, he was struck that most biomechanists that study creatures

Keywords: head; crash head; landing locusts; head first; first speedier; locusts crash

Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology
Year Published: 2019

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