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	Gravity governs gecko's grip

mrobert

8-26-2009 1:03 PM

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mrobert says:

Interesting things we learn when we take a close study of nature....

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place. Tilt that glass about 10 degrees and it will stay in place. This
is because the gecko's grip is triggered by gravity, a recent discovery
made by scientists at the University of Calgary and Clemson University
in South Carolina and published in Proceedings B, a biological research
journal.
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"What we found out really was something quite surprising," said Russell in a <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjco_-TB_UM" linkindex="7">YouTube video</A>
explaining the findings. "Body orientation rather than any interaction
with the surface is what triggers when this system is switched on." He
said the central nervous system of the brain and ear probably plays an
intensive role in the gecko's internal trigger.
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