アクロバティックなリスは,落ちることなく木の枝に飛び降り着陸することを学ぶ
Nathaniel H Hunt1,2, Judy Jinn3, Lucia F Jacobs3
1Department of Biomechanics, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA. nhunt@unomaha.edu.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 6, 2021
まとめ
狐のリスはジャンプする際の隙間距離と 枝の柔軟性をバランスとします 跳びを調整し 機敏な着陸を習得し 生物力学とキャノピーナビゲーションの 認知能力を発揮します
科学分野:
- バイオメカニクス
- 動物の認知能力
- 樹木の移動
背景:
- 木々の動物は 移動や捕食者から逃れるために ジャンプに頼っています
- 跳びを成功させるには 複雑な生体工学的な決断と 経験から学ぶことが必要です
研究 の 目的:
- フォックス・リス (Sciurus niger) が ギャップの距離や 枝の合致によって どのように 跳躍するかを調査する.
- 学習と適応行動の役割を理解する
主な方法:
- フリーランスの狐のリスを模擬の枝で観察し,制御された隙間距離と順守を保つ.
- 打ち上げ戦略と着陸作戦を分析する
- 慣れていないビームに 繰り返し接触することで 学習を評価する
主要な成果:
- 発射地点を決める際のバランスのとれたギャップ距離と枝の順守
- 彼らは迅速に,従順な表面でインパルス生成を修正することを学びました.
- アジャイルな着陸操作と 適応的な"パーカー"行動が 挑戦的なジャンプの 成功したナビゲーションを容易にしたのです
結論:
- フォックスリスは 生体力学と認知を統合して 効果的なギャップクロス戦略を練ります
- 学習と適応行動が 樹木の移動に不可欠です
- リスは跳びながら 複雑な意思決定と問題解決をします
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