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Recent Examples on the Web Small, lightweight water striders, for instance, rely entirely on surface tension to stay afloat, while the larger, heavier basilisk lizards employ a slapping motion with their feet that creates pockets of air bubbles to keep from sinking. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 May 2020 Khila and Santos ground up the developing legs of the Rhagovelia water striders and sequenced the transcriptome — the complete suite of genes active in those tissues. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017 Their secret asset is a special extendable structure on their middle leg resembling a Japanese fan, which no other water striders have. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017 Small, lightweight water striders, for instance, rely entirely on surface tension to stay afloat, while the larger, heavier basilisk lizards employ a slapping motion with their feet that creates pockets of air bubbles to keep from sinking. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2018 Cool Creek Critters For ages 5-9, explore waterfalls and catch water striders. 10:30 a.m.-noon. — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017

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“Water strider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20strider. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.

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