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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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Email2. 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)
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. Jellyfish nematocysts adhere.
“Nematocysts are diverse in structure and interactions with target tissues (Mariscal, 1974; Williamson et al., 1996). The nematocyst itself consists of an intracellular capsule containing a tightly coiled and folded tubule. Upon receipt of appro...
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. Sticky berries adhere: Australian mistletoe
"As a group, the Australian mistletoes have developed a rather more specialised system of transport than that employed by their European relative. One particular bird, the mistletoe bird, eats little other than mistletoe berries. There are so many...
9. Multiple mechanisms help flies adhere.
"A fly can easily walk on the most slippery surfaces or stand still on a ceiling for hours. Its feet are better equipped to hold on to glass, walls and ceilings than those of a climber. If the retractable claws are not enough, suction pads on its ...
10. Silk threads adhere underwater: marine amphipod
"The discovery of a novel silk production system in a marine amphipod provides insights into the wider potential of natural silks. The tube-building corophioid amphipod Crassicorophium bonellii produces from its legs fibrous, adhesi...
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