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Geckos can walk upside down on glass.
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Their toes actually bend in the opposite direction from our fingers and toes. This allows them to overcome the van der Waals force by peeling their toes off surfaces from the tips inward. In essence, this peeling action alters the angle of incidence between millions of individual setae and the surface, reducing the Van der Waals force. Geckos' toes operate well below their full attractive capabilities for most of the time. This is because there is a great margin for error depending upon the roughness of the surface, and therefore the number of setae in contact with that surface. If a typical mature 70 g (2.5 oz) gecko had every one of its setae in contact with a surface, it would be capable of holding aloft a weight of 133 kg (290 lb): each spatula can exert an adhesive force of 10 nanonewtons (0.0010 mgf). Each seta can resist 10 milligrams-force (100 µN), which is equivalent to 10 atmospheres of pull.. This means a gecko can support about eight times its weight hanging from just one toe on smooth glass.
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I think I need to side with the Gecko.
Hmm... but I think to solve this, we need to make a request to ultimate warrior. Somebody get on it!
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Crap, Deadliest Warrior, sorry.
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I am quite partial to squirrels as well, they never ever lose their balance, can jump insane distances millions of feet in the air, and are completely fearless.
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She hung the tails of her victims on our fence as a warning to other squirrels. True story.
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