Secret of walking on water uncovered. Fascinating article on how aquatic insects move

[astro]

This isn’t really a question but I thought it might have a better place here than in MPSIMS. Mods move if you must.

Secret of walking on water uncovered

So that’s how they do it. If you have ever wondered how insects like water striders walk on water or skim across the surface of ponds, rivers and oceans, scientists in the United States have the answer. Rather than move by creating waves, as some researchers had thought, the insects use one of their three sets of hairy legs like oars to create vortices or spirals in the water that propel them forward at speeds of up to 150 cm (60 inches) per second

[bbeaty]

Uh oh, do you really want to get into this again?

[scr4]

Cool! Here’s the actual paper, though I don’t know if everyone can access it:

http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v424/n6949/full/nature01793_fs.html

[xash]

astro, if it’s not a question, it does not belong here.

Please use MPSIMS for sharing such information in the future. I’ll move this for you.

Thanks.

-xash
General Questions Moderator