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Takeoff Conditions May Inform Landing Conditions
Do cane toads predict landing conditions from their experience during takeoff? We developed two experimental procedures to test whether toads rely on sensory information during their takeoff to predict landing conditions. The first was to allow toads to hop off a surface that could be held rigid or made compliant but now the toads would always be landing on a rigid surface, unlike my first and second chapters. The second experiment used a procedure that allowed us to effectively knock out the toad's ability to sense how quickly its leg muscles were stretching which meant the toads would not necessarily be able to feel if they were jumping off from a rigid or compliant surface, and may not know coordinate their arms accordingly for impact. |
Next Step
I am currently in the process of analyzing this large dataset and presented my findings at the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) 2022 (check out the poster).
If you are interested in learning more about my work check out my first chapter on how cane toads coordinate landing on surfaces of varying compliance and my second chapter which focused on whether cane toads modulate muscle activity to stick the landing on springy surfaces.
I am currently in the process of analyzing this large dataset and presented my findings at the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) 2022 (check out the poster).
If you are interested in learning more about my work check out my first chapter on how cane toads coordinate landing on surfaces of varying compliance and my second chapter which focused on whether cane toads modulate muscle activity to stick the landing on springy surfaces.
