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Study reveals jellyfish create a ‘virtual wall’ to enhance performance – EurekAlert
New discovery finds that Jellyfish create a ”ground effect,” similar to how air squeezes between an airplane and ground during take-off, which builds pressure…
TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2021)- New research led by the University of South Florida has uncovered one of the reasons jellyfish have come to be known as the “world’s most efficient swimmer.” Brad Gemmell, associate professor of integrative biology, found jellyfish produce two vortex rings, which are donut-shaped bodies of fluid underneath their translucent bodies, that spin in opposite directions. They appear as jellyfish squeeze and reopen throughout each swim cycle, providing a “ground effect” force…
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