How do geckos defy gravity?

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Geckos aren’t covered in adhesives or hooks or suction cups, and yet they can effortlessly scale vertical walls and hang from ceilings. What’s going on? Eleanor Nelsen explains how geckos’ phenomenal feet allow them to defy gravity.

Length: 04 min 29 sec

Educator: Eleanor Nelsen

Director: Marie-Louise Højer Jensen

Animator: Svend Andreas Rothmann Bonde

Sound Designer: Cem Misirlioglu

Narrator: Pen-Pen Chen