Today I Found Out

Why a Geckos Feet Can Stick to Almost Anything (2017x39)

Udgivelsesdato: Feb 14, 2017

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →“” to anything. Aristotle was the first known to have commented on the phenomenon, stating gecko’s have the ability to “run up and down a tree in any way, even with the head downwards.” It wasn’t until recently that it was discovered what gave them this spider-man-like ability. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/why-a-geckos-feet-can-stick-to-almost-anything/ Sources: http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030707gecko0707p2.asp http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-scientists-gecko-footprint-clue.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC544316/?tool=pmcentrez http://goldbook.iupac.org/V06597.html http://goldbook.iupac.org/E01990.html http://startswithabang.com/?p=1459 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/gecko.aspx http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/geckos/ http://www.wildherps.com/species/P.madagascariensis.html http://www.geico.com/about/corporate/word-from-sponsor/