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3D modeling reveals functionality of a healed but malaligned leg fracture in a White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
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REICHERT, J., MAYR, G., WILKE, T. & PETERS, W.S. 2019. 3D modeling reveals functionality of a healed but malaligned leg fracture in a White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina. Marine Ornithology 47: 253 - 256
Received 26 June 2019, accepted 26 July 2019
Date Published: 2019/10/15
Date Online: 2019/09/29
Key words: bone fracture healing, long bone malalignment, 3D modeling, White-faced Storm Petrel, Pelagodroma marina, Ilhas Selvagens
Abstract
We describe a deformed tibiotarsus in a museum skeleton of a White‑faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina (Oceanitidae), probably resulting from a healed but malaligned fracture. Digital 3D modeling of intertarsal joint kinematics suggested that the affected leg could support neither terrestrial walking locomotion nor the usual foraging activities on open water. Nonetheless, the bird survived, presumably because it employed alternative feeding strategies. Considering this case in the context of previous studies on hindlimb injuries in other storm petrels, we conclude that these birds experience high frequencies of leg injuries but low frequencies of leg fractures.
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