Hazal Yildiz1, Olivia Heise1, Ben Gerhardt1

  • 1Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

概括

大象的口腔结构,包括长长的下巴和专门的振动器 (类似毛发的感觉器官),支持它们独特的基于干部的食行为. 这种组织反映了从祖先的哺乳动物口服食物捕捉到干部介导的食策略的转变.

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