Eggs are buoyant: oviparous fish

The eggs of many fish are buoyant due to the presence of discrete oil droplets within each egg.

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Buoyancy devices for rafts and PFDs, buoyancy controls for shipping and diving applications.

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"These fish eggs, equally supported by water on all sides, have retained an almost pure spherical form, and so have the tiny oil droplets inside them, used to make the eggs buoyant." (Foy and Oxford Scientific Films 1982:20)

About the inspiring organism

Chordata
Chordata

Organism/taxonomy data provided by:
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist

Bioinspired products and application ideas

Application Ideas: Buoyancy devices for rafts and PFDs, buoyancy controls for shipping and diving applications.

Industrial Sector(s) interested in this strategy: Safety, shipping, diving

References

Foy, Sally; Oxford Scientific Films. 1982. The Grand Design: Form and Colour in Animals. Lingfield, Surrey, U.K.: BLA Publishing Limited for J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, Aldine House, London. 238 p.

Eggs are buoyant: oviparous fish

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