Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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This model shows how structures on the wing of the clanger cicada kill bacteria just by virtue of their physical structure.

Read the full story at: discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/watch-this-cicadas-kill-bacteria-with-structures-on-their-wings

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Video courtesy Elena Ivanova, Swinburne University of Technology
Music "Triple Sun [Nonimx]" by Coil, via FreeMusicArchive.com

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