“Geckos can stick to surfaces because their bulbous toes are covered in hundreds of tiny microscopic hairs called setae. Each seta splits off into hundreds of even smaller bristles called spatulae. Scientists already knew that the tufts of tiny hairs get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that the van der Waals force kicks in. This type of physical bond happens when electrons from the gecko hair molecules and electrons from the wall molecules interact with each other and create an electromagnetic attraction.”
thxxx1337 on April 30th, 2018 at 01:20 UTC »
Little fella was just in the tub too long.
Like_The_Spice on April 30th, 2018 at 01:20 UTC »
“Geckos can stick to surfaces because their bulbous toes are covered in hundreds of tiny microscopic hairs called setae. Each seta splits off into hundreds of even smaller bristles called spatulae. Scientists already knew that the tufts of tiny hairs get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that the van der Waals force kicks in. This type of physical bond happens when electrons from the gecko hair molecules and electrons from the wall molecules interact with each other and create an electromagnetic attraction.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.livescience.com/47307-how-geckos-stick-and-unstick-feet.html
Pretty cool stuff.
tguthrie on April 30th, 2018 at 02:01 UTC »
Gives me the shivers. Kinda r/trypophobia like