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11. Design features aid efficient attachment: lice

"Lice are much more sedentary, clutching onto their host's skin with strong gripping claws. They have flattened bodies that rebuff attempts by the host to dislodge them." (Shuker 2001:165)

Tags: Phthiraptera
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12. Setae enhance temporary adhesion: leaf beetles

"Second, devices for intermittent adhesion in animals make extraordinary use of multiple contacts. The billion contacts of the gecko's feet may not be exceptional. Each of Stork's (1980) 5-microgram chrysomelid beetles had over ten thousand setae....

Tags: Chrysomelidae, chrysomelid, surface tension, glue, adhesion
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13. faithdavis380

There are so many Mineral Makeup brands popping up online and in stores that makes it very difficult to decipher the good from the bad. A good mineral makeup contains no talc or fillers that can clog the pores. It should adhere seamlessly to your ...

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14. Foot adaptations climb rough and smooth surfaces: insects

"Researchers Bert Holldobler and Walter Federle have studied how insects can adhere to both rough and smooth surfaces. They discovered that when an insect walks, two claws at the front of each foot grip the surface and then begin to retract. If th...

Tags: global health, robotics, Insecta
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15. Skin stays clean: earthworm

"[S]oil does not seem to adhere to earthworm surface…An important phenomenon of earthworms moving in moist soil is that the electric potential exists on an earthworm tissue…The electroosmotic flow near an earthworm body surface is a ...

Tags: Clitellata, electroosmotic, electrokinetic phenomenon, electric double layer, lubrication, surface adhesion
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16. Feet prevent slipping: insects

"Many insects cling to vertical and inverted surfaces with pads that adhere by nanometre-thin films of liquid secretion. This fluid is an emulsion, consisting of watery droplets in an oily continuous phase. The detailed function of its two-phas...

Tags: insect adhesion, tribology, friction, biomechanics, emulsion
Category: Strategies


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17. brian_cambourne

I am currently a "Fellow"  of the Faculty of Education at the University of Wollongong, NSW Australia. Being a " Fellow" simply means that  one has retired from the usual responsibilities of working within a faculty and is no-longer rece...

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18. wtalaro

For the last two years, I have been an ecological garden/landscape designer by trade. Although as a service professional one works with a client's desires and budget in mind, I never lost sight of the need to adhere to natural patterning. As I wor...

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