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2. Synthetic setae - Wikipedia

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   However, for it to be used in bandages and medical tape, a key potential application, it must be able to adhere to human skin. The researchers tested other mussel-inspired synthetic proteins that have similar chemical groups and found that they adhere to living tissue. [17] Geckel is an adhesive that can attach to both wet and dry surfaces. Its ...

3. Reptile scale - Wikipedia

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   Just prior to shedding, the skin becomes dull and dry looking and the snake's eyes turn cloudy or blue-coloured. The old layer of skin splits near the mouth and the snake wriggles out, aided by rubbing against rough surfaces. In many cases the cast skin peels backward over the body from head to tail, in one piece like an old sock.

4. Arthropod adhesion - Wikipedia

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   Some researchers also suggest using arthropod-based adhesive mechanisms for more effective tape and binding tools. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] Additionally, some research indicates that the wrinkling effect that occurs in human fingers when submerged in water acts to increase grip on wet objects. [ 13 ]

5. Monitor lizard - Wikipedia

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   In Papua New Guinea, monitor lizard leather is used for membranes in traditional drums (called kundu), and these lizards are referred to as kundu palai or "drum lizard" in Tok Pisin, the main Papuan trade language. Monitor lizard skins are prized in making the resonant part of serjas (Bodo folk sarangis) and dotaras (native strummed string ...

6. Squamata - Wikipedia

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   Squamata (/ s k w æ ˈ m eɪ t ə /, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.With over 12,162 species, [3] it is also the second-largest order of extant (living) vertebrates, after the perciform fish.

7. Lepidosauria - Wikipedia

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   A green crested lizard feeding on an invertebrate. Viperines can sense their prey's infrared radiation through bare nerve endings on the skin of their heads. [33] Also, viperines and some boids have thermal receptors that allow them to target their prey's heat. [33] Many snakes are able to obtain their prey through constriction. This is done by ...