Seahorse Vertebrae CT-Scan (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Seahorse Vertebrae CT-Scan

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Sea horses get their exceptional flexibility from the structure of their bony plates, which form its armor. The plates slide past each other. Here the seahorse's skeleton, as well as the bony plates, are shown though a micro CT-scan of the animal.

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McKittrick Research Group/Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego

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