A trio of researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio has conducted a study of the polar bear paw with a focus on the papillae—the microstructures on the footpad that help with traction. Nathaniel Orndorf, Austin Garner and Ali Dhinojwala have published their paper in Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
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Source: Phys.org