Tuna fins have hydraulic steering | Science News
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Lymph changes the shape of a tuna’s fins as they dart through the water. Tunas are the first vertebrates known to use lymph in locomotion. Read more: http://ow.ly/Gny030e38sf CREDITS Story Susan Milius Production Helen Thompson Video Barbara Block, Stanford University: https://www.stanfordblocklab.org/ Monterey Bay Aquarium V. Pavlov et al/Science 2017 Images World Register of Marine Species (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Hans Hillewaert/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Music “The Aquarium” by Camille Saint-Saens Seattle Youth Symphony/MusOpen (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://musopen.org/music/2446/camille-saint-saens/the-carnival-of-the-animals/ Citation V. Pavlov et al. Hydraulic control of tuna fins: A role for the lymphatic system in vertebrate locomotion. Science. Vol. 357, July 21, 2017, p. 310. doi: 10.1126/science.aak9607
