Mathern, Cockerill, Zhou, Bellamkonda, Hu: Animals Use Tails to Swat Away Insects
1,317 views · Published 27 September 2018 · 1:09 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: Georgia Tech · 2018 · Education
A new study shows how animals use their tails to keep mosquitoes at bay. Georgia Tech researchers, including Marguerite E. Mathern, Kasey Cockerill, Yijang Zhou, Mihir Bellamkonda and David L. Hu, discovered that large animals swish the tips of their tails to keep away most of the insects – then swat the ones that get through. The work could help engineers discover new ways to build machines that could protect humans and animals from mosquitoes.
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