At 06:49 PM 2/4/2003 +0000, you wrote:
Some boats, as the japanese ro or
the chinese yuloh, use a single oar as a driving device. It is not
frequent that bilateral animals use asimetric devices to swim by
sculling.
I am looking for examples of sculling in animals. Any idea besides mola
fish?
I am not aware of any. You might want to look at the wonderful book
by Steve Vogel: Life in Moving Fluids.
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