Springtail's Secret Trick For Jumping On Water
New research found that semi-aquatic springtails use their ventral tube or collophore to hold a droplet of water during their spring-loaded jumps. This droplet aids in their mid-air positioning and landing, sticking them back to the water surface.
Check out the original research paper here: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211283119
https://research.gatech.edu/secret-sk...
Thanks to the Bhamla Lab at Georgia Tech: https://bhamla.gatech.edu/
and to the first author of this research Dr. Victor Ortega-Jimenez at University of Maine: https://sbe.umaine.edu/victor-ortega-...
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