Morphological adaptations to marine life
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FranΓ§ois Brischoux; Richard Shine
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We investigated morphological adaptations to aquatic life within animals that exhibit a structurally simple, elongate body form, i.e., snakes. This linear body plan should impose different biomechanical constraints than the classical streamlined body shape associated with propulsion by