Scientists Find Out How Leaping Maggots Leap

NPR ^ | August 9, 2019 | Nell Greenfieldboyce

[blueunicorn6]

Friday night always has the best stories.

[null and void]

[Larry Lucido]

I figured they just hang out on Capital Hill and observe.

[Deaf Smith]

Then the GEICO lizard came by and ate them for a snack.

[ThunderSleeps]

Finally! You know figuring that one out was keeping me up nights... :-/

Although seriously, 30x their body length? That is impressive. I'm an old guy, I feel nimble when I hop down off the tailgate of the truck.

[blackdog]

Campaign spending.

[central_va]

Some more “useful” knowledge.

[blueunicorn6]

“He looked down at the dish and they were gone”

Don’t open the closet door, man.

I’m telling you.

I seen this movie before and those orange worms will jump up your nose and take over your brain and make you crash your spaceship and really gross everyone out when you blow your nose.

Go back to studying turnips or something.

Much safer.

[Ezekiel]

What they found is that these wormy guys start by curling up into a loop. Lab member Grace Farley found that the creatures have a special patch of hair on their heads that sticks to a patch of hair on their rear ends.

Where's Gary Larsen when you need him!

[a fool in paradise]

You can’t teach an old maggot new tricks.

[a fool in paradise]

and thus velcro was discovered

[a fool in paradise]

there’s a tingler loose in this very theater!

[Ezekiel]

Hah, you’ve got the caption.

Imagine what Larsen would have drawn to match, lol.

[buckalfa]

Must be Federal grant money somewhere in the background.

[chulaivn66]

Leaping maggots Batman!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Plants that use springs to disperse their seeds amaze me. How did they develop this characteristic?

[Songcraft]

Like this...

       

[Fungi]

Ah yes, once again your most honorable Nullness, the comment was profound beyond measure. May the void exist beyond a nullness.

[blueunicorn6]

Ahhhhhhh.....

Hooking up electricity to theater seats.