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How tiny insects survive the rain

New York : NY : USA | Jun 04, 2012 at 12:26 PM PDT
Source: BBC
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A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology filmed the insects as they collided with raindrops. This showed that their bodies put up so little resistance that, rather than the drop of water stopping in a sudden, catastrophic splash, the mosquito simply combined with the drop and the two continued... FULL ARTICLE AT BBC
 
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