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Interaction of Dolphin Epidermis with Flow Boundary Layer

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THE amazingly fast movement of dolphins, currently a topic for many investigators, has been explained in many ways, none of which is satisfactory.

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  1. Moscow University and A. N. Severtsov Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology, USSR Academy of Sciences,

    V. SOKOLOV, I. BULINA & V. RODIONOV

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SOKOLOV, V., BULINA, I. & RODIONOV, V. Interaction of Dolphin Epidermis with Flow Boundary Layer. Nature 222, 267–268 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222267a0

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