Some insects, lizards and spiders are amazing climbers, what gives them this super power? Well their incredible feet sure do help!
The tiny hairs (called setae) on the leaf beetle’s feet come in three different shapes; pointed, flat and disk-like each arranged in patterns across the feet. Researchers at the University of Cambridge, England believe that it is this combination of hairs and the different amount of force that is needed to peel them off of things that lets the beetle stick so well. It is hoped that by looking more closely at how these different hairs are used we can develop better nature inspired adhesives or sticky things. It may still be awhile before you can buy beetle feet tape from the store but you can go check out other amazing nature inspired designs like Velcro.
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we can learn so much from nature! 🙂
i hate insects, but when i learned alittle bit about it i have a diffrent feeling. i love animals more then anything.:P
I love nature
Beautiful 🙂
EARTHRANGERS!
love it 😛
that was a shiny yet cool and wierd beetle with the sticky feet.
mother nature is mysteriose
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That is cool. We need more nature-inspired things!!!! 😀