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The Escape System of the Cockroach

How does the insect evade the swipe of a hand or the lunge of a toad? The mechanisms by which it does so are a simple model of those that mediate more complex forms of behavior

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 243 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Escape System of the Cockroach” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 243 No. 6 (), p. 158
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1280-158