Mouse Hair

About the shape and function of different specimens
Post Reply
Message
Author
MichaelG.
Posts: 3976
Joined: Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:24 am
Location: North Wales

Mouse Hair

#1 Post by MichaelG. » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:24 am

This was referenced in today’s News :

Ian M. Baker, Infrared antenna-like structures in mammalian fur, Royal Society Open Science (2021).

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210740

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/ ... sos.210740

… interesting reading, and a subject for further investigation !

MichaelG.
Too many 'projects'

User avatar
mrsonchus
Posts: 4175
Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:42 pm
Location: Cumbria, UK

Re: Mouse Hair

#2 Post by mrsonchus » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:26 am

Excellent link, very interesting indeed. Also perhaps quite an accessible subject/specimen for any level of microscopy.
Well-worth reading this through.
John B

Chas
Posts: 422
Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:11 pm

Re: Mouse Hair

#3 Post by Chas » Sat Dec 18, 2021 1:31 pm

Somehow it brings to mind Callahan's "Tuning into nature" book which was an enjoyable conjecture at the time.
..And Eric Laithwaite...:-)

[The thought was that moth antennae might be very longwave IR recievers]

tgss
Posts: 223
Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:48 am
Location: Ontario, Canada

Re: Mouse Hair

#4 Post by tgss » Sat Dec 18, 2021 6:02 pm

Thanks for the link Michael. Fascinating paper.
Tom W.

PeteM
Posts: 2983
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:22 am
Location: N. California

Re: Mouse Hair

#5 Post by PeteM » Sat Dec 18, 2021 6:40 pm

What's also cool is that it seems to be a citizen science project, with no source of funding listed.

MichaelG.
Posts: 3976
Joined: Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:24 am
Location: North Wales

Re: Mouse Hair

#6 Post by MichaelG. » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:39 pm

Some infra-red work by Dr Ian Baker, here: https://www.vwt.org.uk/videos/

MichaelG.
Too many 'projects'

Post Reply