Marine technology inspired by dolphins' speed

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A bottlenose dolphin exhibits porpoising in the wake of a boat a behavior that increases the animals swimming efficiency. The dolphins spindle-like body shape along with other characteristics continues to inspire marine vessel design. Photo credit: N ...
A bottlenose dolphin exhibits porpoising in the wake of a boat, a behavior that increases the animal’s swimming efficiency. The dolphin’s spindle-like body shape, along with other characteristics, continues to inspire marine vessel design. Photo credit: NASA.

According to Gray’s paradox, dolphins swim faster than they should be able to. Since Gray, scientists have discovered flaws in the details of the paradox, although some explanations of these creatures’ aquatic grace have proven to hold more water than others.


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