Jumping water striders know how to avoid breaking of the water surface

Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 13:31 in Earth & Climate

When escaping from attacking predators, different water strider species adjust their jump performance to their mass and morphology in order to jump off the water as fast and soon as possible without breaking of the water surface.

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