Tiny gecko is unsinkable
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The tiny Brazilian pygmy gecko has skin that is water repellent so it can't sink. Thanks to its hyrdphobic skin it floats - and evens stands - on water.
The tiny Brazilian pygmy gecko has skin that is water repellent so it can't sink. Thanks to its hyrdphobic skin it floats - and evens stands - on water.
I'm building my next battleship out of Gecko.
They should have built the Titanic outta this gecko!
Surely they didn't go and look for this gecko in the rain forest and be in luck that these few raindrops were falling perfectly when they had their slowmo cams ready?
As always, great vid from mr. Attenborough!
I suspect this was one creature Noah didn't have to save from the great flood. It just floated its way through the magical great flood from the sky until all the water drained from the world.. once God decided to unplug the big drain somewhere in the deepest recesses of the Pacific Ocean.
Until it starved to death sometime before the 40 days and nights were up... X D
I'm always thinking about the great camera work, how do they do it?
Surely they didn't go and look for this gecko in the rain forest and be in luck that these few raindrops were falling perfectly when they had their slowmo cams ready?
As always, great vid from mr. Attenborough!
Well, I wouldn't be so sure about that. To create one of the documentaries, BBC wildlife teams can spend months in places just to get a few good shots. That's why their documentaries are always so top notch.
Anyone know from which series this is? I'm guessing "Life in Cold Blood", but I'm not sure.
Anyone know from which series this is? I'm guessing "Life in Cold Blood", but I'm not sure.
It's from a new BBC series called "Life": http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lbpcy
I wonder if it's skin is dirtophobic too.
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Anyone know from which series this is? I'm guessing "Life in Cold Blood", but I'm not sure.
It's from a new BBC series called "Life": http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lbpcy
Hmmm, I just watched the first (and only so far) episode of Life and didn't see this clip. Must be a preview of a later episode.
Apparently it took four years to make this documentary series, 10 50min episodes, no wonder they can find these amazing shots.
I wonder if it's skin is dirtophobic too.
Actually, being hydrophobic will automatically make a material self-cleaning. The water will dissolve the dirt, and then just fall off. On a normal material the water would stick and evaporate away, leaving the dirt in place.
I was thinking about what it would be like to experience water from his/her point of view... looking at the way it moves and interacts with the skin, it almost seems like it would come across as jello.
I like that thought.. But in another way: What if "raindrops" the size of half your body would drop down out of the sky?