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Pseudopodial locomotion.

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Peringuey's sidewinding adder

See a Selenops arboreal hunting spider's unique ability to glide and steer

skeletons of humans and gorillas compared

Discover how individual cilia employ viscous drag to coordinate power and recovery strokes for locomotion

Take a microscopic look at how a eukaryotic flagellate's flagellum propels the organism through water

Know how some spiders gallop through the water

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

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6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

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Pseudopodial locomotion.

animal speed records

Peringuey's sidewinding adder

skeletons of humans and gorillas compared

See a Selenops arboreal hunting spider's unique ability to glide and steer

Discover how individual cilia employ viscous drag to coordinate power and recovery strokes for locomotion

Take a microscopic look at how a eukaryotic flagellate's flagellum propels the organism through water

Know how some spiders gallop through the water

Know how some spiders walk on the surface of the water

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