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The great elasticity is also due to the scale’s staying, a joint.
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Looking at the details of the scales you see the most complicated structures.
They provide an optimum of stability with a minimum of material.
This is most impressive for the structures of the Hawkmoths’ scales. They are
loaded a lot because of the high frequency of the wing movement.
Death’s Head Hawk (Acherontia atropos):
structures of scales:
The great elasticity is also due to the scale’s staying, a joint.
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