Viscous entrainment on hairy surfaces
Nectar-drinking bats and honeybees have tongues covered with hairlike structures, enhancing their ability to take up viscous nectar by dipping. Using a combination of model experiments and theory, we explore the physical mechanisms that govern viscous entrainment in a hairy texture. Hairy surfaces a...
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| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society,
2018-03-26T19:19:02Z.
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