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Harun Yahya

Professor Koehl made a mechanical lobster that flicked its antennules in
the same way. Tests and observations of this robot, dubbed Rasta Lobsta,
were performed to study in detail the technique that lobsters employ in
order to smell.
When the lob-
ster wants to smell
something, during
the downstroke, it
pushes the anten-
nule through the
water fast enough
for the water bear-
ing the odor to

Hairs on the lobster antennule

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