The Asian flat-tailed geckos perform a remarkable, if ungainly, maneuver with their tails that allows them to land at high speeds on vertical surfaces like tree trunks.
The gecko's most astounding maneuver has nothing to do with its sticky feet
- 02 September 2021
- Locomotion in Biorobotic and Somatic Systems
(CNN) - Geckos would definitely medal in a contest for nature's best feet. The lizard's sticky toes, covered in tiny hairs, mean it can climb across ceilings in a fantastic feat of evolution. But scientists say the lizards' tails are just as extraordinary, with geckos performing a remarkable, if ungainly, maneuver that allows them to land securely and at ballistic speeds on vertical surfaces like tree trunks.
