[FRIAM] complex adaptive mechanics

[Roger Critchlow]

https://www.quantamagazine.org/before-brains-mechanics-may-have-ruled-animal-behavior-20220316/
had to pop up a few times before I paid attention.  *Tricoplax adhaerens* is
a multicellular organism which coordinates multicellular motility through
mechanical interactions between cilia.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02930 Excitable mechanics embodied in a walking
cilium

https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02934 Ciliary flocking and emergent
instabilities enable collective agility in a non-neuromuscular animal

https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02940 Mobile defects born from an energy cascade
shape the locomotive behavior of a headless animal

I especially like the picture of Prakash wading in the tide pool to collect
specimens.

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