Image: Gecko foot on glass
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Description: Close-up of the underside of a gecko's foot as it walks on a glass wall. Van der Waals force interactions between the finely divided setae (hairs on the toes) and the glass enables the gecko to stay in place and walk on the seemingly smooth glass.
Title: Gecko foot on glass
Credit: Own work by uploader, http://bjornfree.com/galleries.html
Author: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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