Ant Lab | Globular springtails jump and spin faster than any animal on earth?! @AntLab | Uploaded March 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Globular springtails have been out in big numbers this year, so we've been bringing them into the lab and filming their jumps in slow motion, describing how they might be jumping and spinning faster than any other animal on earth!

References:
- Leafhopper jump acceleration: jeb.biologists.org/content/210/20/3579
- flea jumps acceleration: jeb.biologists.org/content/214/5/836
- Magnus effect video: youtu.be/2OSrvzNW9FE

More info about springtails/collembolans: collembola.org

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