About the Authors
- Marlene Spinner
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* E-mail: mspinner@zoologie.uni-kiel.de
Affiliation Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Stanislav N. Gorb
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Affiliation Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Alexander Balmert
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Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Horst Bleckmann
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Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Guido Westhoff
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Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS SNG AB HB GW. Analyzed the data: MS SNG AB HB GW. Wrote the paper: MS. Performed contact angles measure experiment: MS. Conducted the self-cleaning experiment: MS AB. Improved main manuscript text: SNG AB HB GW. Made the images of living animals: GW.