adhere OR attach
1. Feet adhere temporarily: aphids
"Thus, in an aerial system, water can act as an adequate glue by a mechanism commonly referred to as 'capillary adhesion.' Aphids appear to use it to adhere to surfaces (Dixon, Croghan, and Gowing 1990). And it almost certainly helps a tree frog r...
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2. Receptors adhere selectively: microbes
"Successful establishment of infection by bacterial pathogens requires adhesion to host cells, colonization of tissues, and in certain cases, cellular invasion—followed by intracellular multiplication, dissemination to other tissues, or pers...
3. Eggs adhere in seawater: cuttlefish
"The eggs of [cuttlefish] have sticky surfaces that enable them to adhere to cavities in the deeps of the sea." (Yahya 2002:112)
4. Pads attach to smooth surfaces: Madagascar sucker-footed bat
"Individuals of most bat species hang head-down by their toenails from rough surfaces, but Madagascar's endemic sucker-footed bat (Myzopoda aurita) clings head-up to smooth leaves using specialized pads on its wrists and ankles. We investigate...
5. Mosquitoes attach upside down.
“The mosquito can attach upside down on a nanosmooth glass surface due to its hierarchical foot pads like those of the fly.” (Wu et al. 2007)
6. White blood cells adhere closely: mammals
"Dr. Shasha Klibanov, Dr. Jonathan Lindner, and graduate student Jack Rychack of the University of Virginia are studying how leukocytes bind at high speeds to areas of infection. Physicians want to use microbubbles in combination with ultrasound t...
7. Threads adhere underwater: sea cucumber
"Patrick Flammang of the University of Mons, Belgium, is studying the sea cucumber. The sea cucumber, a relative of the starfish, protects itself from predators by ejecting, in a matter of seconds, fine, sticky threads that entangle an attacker an...
8. Tube feet attach in marine environment: echinoderms
"Besides mollusks, echinoderm tube feet make use of suction adhesion, as do a wide variety of other aquatic systems--either as the only attachment mechanism or in combination with others. Among terrestrial systems one thinks first of wet ones--fro...
9. Tentacles adhere underwater: octopus
"Naturally, nothing precludes an organism from using some combination of adhesive mechanisms; and determining relative contributions can be sticky. The sucker of an octopus works by suction almost exclusively." (Vogel 2003:429)
10. Sucker-like structure used to attach: remora
"The remora is a relative of the perch which habitually attaches itself to the belly of a shark using a specialized, corrugated, suckerlike structure on top of its head; this in fact develops from its dorsal fin. The remora is thus carried like a ...
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