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Kelly Dorgan

kelly.dorgan at berkeley.edu

Videos of worms burrowing in clear analogs

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Worms in Jell-O

[PHOTO] Dorsal view of Nereis virens

cf. Dorgan et al. 2007





[PHOTO] Lateral view of Nereis virens

cf. Dorgan et al. 2007





[PHOTO] Anterior-dorsal view of the acorn worm Saccoglossus kowalevskii

Video is 4x real speed.

Dorgan, unpublished





Nereis virens burrowing in gels with different mechanical properties

[PHOTO] Nereis in gelatin

dorsal view

cf. Dorgan et al., submitted to JMR



[PHOTO] Nereis in a gel with higher fracture toughness (relative to stiffness)

ventral view

cf. Dorgan et al., submitted to JMR



[PHOTO] Nereis in a gel with higher stiffness (relative to toughness)

ventral view

cf. Dorgan et al., submitted to JMR





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