Grasshoppers’ legs function like a lever with two tendons and a specialized exoskeleton that acts as a spring, storing energy and releasing it quickly to enable powerful and swift jumps.
Related Posts
Can eating poppy seeds affect drug test results? An addiction and pain medicine specialist explains
Eating culinary poppy seeds won’t get you high, but they could lead to a failed drug test. Linda…
A ‘recently discovered’ whale feeding strategy has turned up in 2,000-year-old texts about fearsome sea monsters
A Bryde’s whale. worldclassphoto/Shutterstock John McCarthy, Flinders University; Erin Sebo, Flinders University, and Matthew Firth, Flinders University In…
How the Megalodon Went Extinct (Yes, It’s Truly Extinct)
Megalodons reached lengths of up to 20 meters, three times longer than great white sharks, with teeth suggesting…
Mistletoe – famous for stolen holiday kisses – is a parasite that steals water and nutrients from other plants
American mistletoe’s genus Phoradendron means ‘thief of trees’ in Greek. Joe Decruyenaere/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA David Hillock, Oklahoma…