Thursday, April 14, 2016

Boing! How frogs' legs wind up their tendons 'like a catapult' to let them leap high into the air

natures-paintbox: “ frogs by Saelan Wangsa on 500px (via Pinterest) ”: A frog catches a cricket in the jungle with his sticky tongue.: Frog leaping from water to catch damselfly. X-Ray analysis show that muscles transfer energy into the creatures' tendons just before they jump - letting them jump far higher than their leg muscles would allow.:

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