Springtail's Secret Trick For Jumping On Water
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2023
- 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: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211283119
research.gatech.edu/secret-sk...
Thanks to the Bhamla Lab at Georgia Tech: bhamla.gatech.edu/
and to the first author of this research Dr. Victor Ortega-Jimenez at University of Maine: sbe.umaine.edu/victor-ortega-...
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the funniest is when you see them flub it, and they just break surface tension and get stuck.
I love when cientific papers are available in the description of this kind of videos
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Having recently visited the NC Museum where he works, it's still so bizarre to watch these videos and think "I've been there, I've seen this place with my own eyes."
Can't wait for the next Springtail video!
I think that little detail is actually amazing how they use that tiny droplet on their belly stabilise. Quite amazing! Man I love bugs.
These videos are always a delight! I love how some of the various bugs you've filmed land in ways that, from our larger perspective, seem so clumsy! Like if a big animal landed like that they'd probably get hurt, but the little ones just bounce and tumble a bit and are no worse for wear (aside from maybe getting their face stuck in the water lol)
Always love to see antlab uploads
Surface tension is the coolest
3 months since the last video. I could watch them daily, it's so fascinating and the footage is so beautiful
Spring is here, yoohoo! Yes more videos coming, thank you for sharing!
Your springtail robot is adorable! I love your videos so much. Well made and full of new insights. Thank you!
This is so fascinating to watch in slow-mo! I really could've used that ventral tube trick when I was in gymnastics😁
"Welcome to the 56th annual gymnastics champio-- Good lord, what is that?!"
"I believe that's what they call a 'ventral tube', Jim."
"I-I've never seen anything like that. Is that... Is that normal, Steve?"
"Why yes, Jim, if you're a semi-aquatic springtail, it is!"
"But that's a person!"
"I believe you're right, Jim, but there's nothing in the rulebooks saying that ventral tubes are barred, so let's see how this shakes out!"
@@Deviationism yes i love this
Interesting
The black and white footage where you can see their antennas bouncing on landing are adorable lol.
I love your videos. You're my favourite channel. Thank-you
another banger from the Bhamla lab! I remember the one they did on slingshot spiders.
I’ve just discovered your videos a few days ago and I can’t get enough of them. Since early childhood I’ve been fascinated by the wonders of the natural world especially insects. Thank you and keep them coming.
I was out fat biking in the NH woods yesterday, fresh snow but it was in the mid 30's, and ran across a bunch of Springtails in the snow.
my alltime favorite harbinger of spring, to see all those black dots on the snow at the base of a tree.
extremely on point presentation as always
It's so cool seeing science happen realtime. Thank you!
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I always love it when one of your videos shows up in my feed!
Your neighbourhood springtail is pretty cool too!
I've just discovered your channel. I want to say thank you for the intelligent and interesting content!!!!
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Fascinating, thanks.
Awesome!! Really cool vids
great video :)
Hello Dr. Adrian Smith, have you ever experimented with a very amazing and funny beetle which lives on some large tree trunks and on thick branches and keeps making a continuous sound much similar to the sound made by crickets? Around 1998, I was playing with that beetle when I was almost a 7 years old child. I used to arrange many such beetles (of different sizes) in a row (like piano keys) and whenever I touched a beetle with a finger, it makes its own sound and when I lift my finger, it stops making the sound. When I touch another, it makes its own slightly different sound. 😂 It was so funny. I was enjoying playing with the beetles. I used to store them in an empty match box and release them after 1 or 2 days.
I live in Bihar state of India. Here, I found those beetles on Rosewood (Sheesham) and Blackberry (Jamun) trees. They may be found on other tree as well. Their colours resembles the colour of tree bark. I believe, those beetles can still be found here. When you cross the road, you will listen tens of the beetles making the sound, you can track the sound and catch one. Normally, people's mind ignores that sound unconsciously. If you decide to catch them for your experiments, I will first confirm whether they exist yet.
ever time i see one of the springtails go flying, i imagine a wheeeeeeeeeee.... xD
How possible is it to capture stridulation in slow motion? The way crickets make sound is crazy
Someone also did the long springtail dirty with their name lmao
I like how they made their on Mechanical versions
The secret to water gymnastics.
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Omg this is awesome 😎 ❤
Dope science!
been seeing a lot of springtails floating on puddles in california due to all the rain, they bunch together and form little mats
Does the water droplet itself help stick them back to the water when they land, or is it all due to the adjusted centre of gravity?
Oooh, interesting!
Makes me wonder why they didn't just evolve a naturally heavier center of mass. Feels like a counterweight with extra steps.
How do you get us?
So I happen to have spring tails in all my enclosures and I culture them in cups as well, the ones I have, seem to handle water very well, and water is no issue for them.
Can’t have a softer landing than on water 😉
I am always fascinated, how many details insects have. How they build. We compared to them are just clumsy meat loafs. 😄
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Ooooo
Oh to be so small that you don’t even break water tension.
Please tell me urgently who keeps these ants write about their content
Time for Jumping Bristletails!
Maybe your species is in the process of evolving the same trick
Ant Lab > Art Lab
algorithm comment
God sure thought about everything.
Algorithm boost
Cat bugs, basically.
ant content when? XD
Neat to see. Scientists discovered a lot of things from watching God's creations. Flight and aerodynamics are part of that
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