#remoras — Public Fediverse posts
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"[R]emora suckerfish [...] use an adhesive disk on top of their heads to attach to animals like dolphins, sharks, and even manta rays.
A team of MIT scientists has now taken a close look at these remora disks and reverse-engineered them. “Basically, we looked at nature for inspiration,” says Giovanni Traverso, a professor at MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and senior author of the study."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/new-adhesive-surface-modeled-on-a-remora-works-underwater/
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¡#HolaCiencia! El tiburón ballena (Rhincodon typus) y las #rémoras (familia Echeneidae) tienen una relación #mutualista: ellas se alimentan de restos de su comida y de sus parásitos • vía Rainmaker1973/TW Elizabeth_Ruler/TW #VideoCiencia bansdivingresort/IG