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Overcoming Drag at the Water-Air Interface Constrains Body Size in Whirligig Beetles

by Ludovic Jami 1,*, Grey T. Gustafson 2, Thomas Steinmann 1, Miguel Piñeirua 1 and Jérôme Casas 1,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Submission received: 2 June 2021 / Revised: 24 June 2021 / Accepted: 29 June 2021 / Published: 6 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecological Fluid Dynamics)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

In this paper, a detailed hydrodynamic analysis of whirligig beetles was conducted. The research project is very interesting and the objectives of the study are well supported by the results shown in the paper. There are just a few comments:

  1. The introduction is more focused on the swimming/living aspects of the whirligig beetles rather than a literature review on similar flow analysis of insects/creatures living on/in the sea. There is a lack of information on previous engineering/CFD analysis.
  2. The importance of the study and how such studies can improve our current knowledge in this field are not highlighted. Therefore, with the comments provided for the Introduction, the contributions of the authors are not clear.
  3. The paper is not well organized. There are more information and results shown before the Results section.
  4. Despite the above concerns, the content of the paper is of high quality.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Queries and suggestions are in the attached file.

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