Physiological functionalities of natural body armour: insights from reptiles and amphibians. University of Antwerp
A great diversity in natural body armour has been developed by nature throughout millions of years of evolution. Body armour in animals has served as inspiration for artificial armour since ancient times and continues to be the focus of a growing number of biomimetic studies that explore its protective nature. Unfortunately, the majority of these studies often unambiguously assume that the morphological diversity in natural body armour is the ...