2 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Mudskippers use tail thrusting to help crutching to move on mud of various wetness
Divya Ramesh, Gargi Sadalgekar, Jiangqi Tan +1
At the water-land interface, amphibious fishes encounter wet flowable substrates made of granular solid-water mixtures, which can stay solid or flow like a fluid. As these substrat…
physics.bio-ph2026
Importance and methods to control, vary, and characterize mud strength for studying locomotion
Divya Ramesh, Gargi Sadalgekar, Qiyuan Fu +3
Animals and robots encounter mud at the water-land interface. Like sand, mud can stay solid or flow like a fluid. Unlike sand, the yield strength of mud at which solid-fluid transi…