Movie 5
Chemical disruption of tissue stiffness in the shoulder region disables Hydra from somersaulting. This movie shows how selective disruption of collagen fibrils at the shoulder region by lesioning and letting the tissue regenerate in the presence of Dipyridyl can completely disable Hydra from performing a somersault.
Differential tissue stiffness of body column facilitates locomotion of Hydra on solid substrates
Journal of Experimental Biology 2020. 223:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.232702