Handedness and individual roll-angle specialism when plunge diving in the northern gannet
Ashley Bennison,
Bethany L. Clark,
Stephen C. Votier
et al.
Abstract:Many vertebrates show lateralized behaviour, or handedness, where an individual preferentially uses one side of the body more than the other. This is generally thought to be caused by brain lateralization and allows functional specializations such as sight, locomotion, and decision-making among other things. We deployed accelerometers on 51 northern gannets,
Morus bassanus
, to test for behavioural lateralization during plunge dives. When plunge diving, gannets ‘roll’ to one side, and s… Show more
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