When Animals Turn Inside Out: The Eversion of Bloodworms
Soohwan Kim, Atsingnwi Tuma, David Qin, Young Jae Ryu, Donghui Kim, Aditi Abhilash, Sumedh Chintawar, Caela Thomas-Holness, Arianne Fladger, Essy Behravesh, Ying Zhen, Yanyan Zhou, Joseph T. Thompson, David L. Hu
The paper studies how bloodworms evert their proboscis quickly and reliably, finding it can withstand higher pressures and strains than observed, and shows that animals like frogs and sharks do not follow Froude's law for eversion.
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · Apr 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics