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31. The Virginia creeper can scale cliffs, walls and tree trunks using tiny circular pads that form at the end of its tendrils and adhere to all kinds of surfaces.
"The tips of the tendrils of the Virginia creeper are expanded into small circular pads or suckers that adhere firmly to many kinds of surfaces." (Dawson and Lucas, 2005)
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39. Tentacles adhere underwater: octopus
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"The violet snail Janthina janthina floats on the water surface by means of a bubble raft made by its mobile foot, which scoops up bubbles of air and, after enveloping them in mucus, adds them to its raft." (Pallasmaa 1995:22)"Bubble-rafting snail...
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