Boxfish Scutes (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Boxfish Scutes

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Each hexagonal scute in the boxfish's armor has a raised, star-like structure in the center that distributes stress across the entire surface. Underneath the scutes lies a flexible, yet hard to penetrate, inner layer of interlocking collagen fibers.

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Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego

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