Another of my interests involves cartooning. This artform has allowed me to communicate biological ideas, while being entertaining and having fun. Some of these cartoons have appeared in the Journal of Experimental Biology in the Inside JEB section and on the Canadian television program @Discovery.ca.
The single file formations of ducklings swimming behind their mother has energetic advantages. The metabolic cost of swimming for ducklings decreases as the number of ducklings swimming in the mother's wake increases. However, it is duckling in the back of the line that gets the largest benefit.
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