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MIT researchers find whiskers slaloming motion help harbor seals track prey

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Engineers at MIT have fabricated and tested a large-scale model of a harbor seal’s uniquely shaped whiskers, which are shaped with an elliptical cross-section varying in size along its span, to help scientists determine if the pinnipeds ability to track prey is due to antennae-like whiskers. According to...
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