Electronic Resource
[s.l.]
:
Nature Publishing Group
Nature
31 (1885), S. 192-192
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] FLYING-FISH are incapable of flying for the simple reason that the muscles of their pectoral fins are not large enough to bear the weight of their body aloft in the air. The pectoral muscles of birds depressing their wings weigh, on an average, ⅙ of the total weight of the body, the pectoral ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/031192c0
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