The female locust's digging ability allows her to bury her eggs in a safe location by extending her abdomen, including her nervous system, to two to three times its size - similar to a superhero in a movie. The researchers: “This ability is almost inconceivable from a morphological point of view,
The female locust’s digging ability allows her to bury her eggs in a safe location by extending her abdomen, including her nervous system, to two to three times its size – similar to a superhero in a movie.
“We are not aware of a similar ability in almost any living creature,” said the researchers. “Nerves in the human nervous system, for example, can stretch only up to 30 percent without tearing or being permanently damaged. In the future, these findings may contribute to new developments in the field of regenerative medicine, as a basis for nerve restoration and the development of synthetic tissues.
The study was conducted by a team of Tel Aviv University researchers led by Dr. Bat-El Pinchasik of the School of Mechanical Engineering in the Fleischman Faculty of Engineering and Prof. Amir Ayali of the School of Zoology in the Wise Faculty of Life Sciences. The research was recently published in the journalLeft to right- Professor Amir Ayali, Dr. Rakesh Das, and Dr. Bat-El Pinchasik.
Professor Ayali: “The superpower of the locust is almost something out of science fiction. There are only two other known examples in nature of a similar phenomenon: the tongue of the sperm whale, and a certain type of sea snail whose nervous systems are able to extend significantly due to an accordion-like mechanism they have. We sought to identify the biomechanical mechanism that gives the female locust its wonderful ability.
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