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English: Close-up of the underside of a gecko's foot as it walks on a glass wall. Van der Waals force interactions between the finely divided setae (hairs on the toes) and the glass enables the gecko to stay in place and walk on the seemingly smooth glass.
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Author Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
Camera location33° 50′ 36″ S, 151° 14′ 28″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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