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Secrets of legless leapers revealed

While we marvel at falcons, cheetahs, and dolphins for their remarkable skills at flying, running, and swimming, we tend to belittle more humble creatures. Among the most lowly are worms, with their unsophisticated crawling and wriggling. However, the biological world holds an endless array of... click to read more

Michael J. Wise | Professor at Roanoke College, Environmental Studies Department, Virgina, USA

adhesive latching

gall midge

jumping larva

legless leaping

silverrod

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Jun 17, 2020

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