Verity A N O Cook, Antonia H Groneberg, Maximilian Hoffmann, Mykola Kadobianskyi, Johannes Veith, Lisanne Schulze, Jörg Henninger, Ralf Britz, Benjamin Judkewitz
Motion is the basis of nearly all animal behavior. Evolution has led to some extraordinary specializations of propulsion mechanisms among invertebrates, including the mandibles of the dracula ant and the claw of the pistol shrimp. In contrast, vertebrate skeletal movement is considered to be limited by the speed of muscle, saturating around 250 Hz. Here, we describe the unique propulsion mechanism by which Danionella cerebrum , a miniature cyprinid fish of only 12 mm length, produces high amplitude sounds exceeding 140 dB (re...
March 5, 2024: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America