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The New York Times: How the World’s Squarest Fish Gets Around

The yellow boxfish is much more agile than it looks.
16 April 2020
A juvenile boxfish in waters off Indonesia - Jones & Shimlock/Danita Delimont, via Alamy
A juvenile boxfish in waters off Indonesia - Jones & Shimlock/Danita Delimont, via Alamy

The New York Times noticed one of the latest publications of Ocean Ecosystems, ESRIG.

On April 8, Pim Boute, Sam Van Wassenbergh and Eize Stamhuis published their article:

Modulating yaw with an unstable rigid body and a course-stabilizing or steering caudal fin in the yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus).
Journal: Royal Society Open Science.

The New York Times interviewed Pim Boute, first author and former master student at Ocean Ecosystems.

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Last modified:01 August 2022 4.00 p.m.

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