The seahorse relies heavily on its tail for survival in the ocean. Have you ever seen a monkey hold onto a tree branch with its tail? The seahorse uses its tail in a very similar way. Seahorses are ...

“The tail is the seahorse’s lifeline, because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators,” said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student in materials science ...

Secrets of the seahorse tail revealed Date: March 31, 2015 ... Seahorses use their strong and flexible tails to anchor themselves to plants and other materials on coral reefs or the sea floor, ...

They also created a digital and 3-D printed model made of overlapping round structures—the equivalent of how a seahorse tail would be built if it was shaped like the tails of most other animals.

Even when the tail was compressed by as much as 60 percent, the seahorse’s spinal column was protected from permanent damage. The researchers didn’t start with seahorses when they tried to ...

The seahorse's tail is typically made up of about 36 square-like segments, each composed of four L-shaped corner plates that progressively decrease in size along the length of the tail.

'The tail is the seahorse’s lifeline, because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators,' said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student in materials science at ...

Video: Seahorse grasps object with paradoxical tail There's more than a twist to this tail. One of the ocean's most strangely shaped creatures is even more special than we knew. Seahorses have ...

The tail of a seahorse comprises 36 segments which get smaller and smaller towards the end of the tail. Each segment is a square-like shape made up of four L-shaped plates, ...

London - It is perhaps the most unusual feature of a most unusual animal, but scientist believe they can now explain how the seahorse got its square tail. Experiments with plastic 3D printed tails ...

Seahorses evolved from pipefish, which have a remarkably different body shape. Here, by examining seahorse feeding behaviour and using a mathematical model, Van Wassenberghet al. demonstrate that ...

If you’re prone to tripping or losing balance, then researchers in Japan may have an unusual solution: a robotic tail.