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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Walking on water...not so hard when you're a reptile

Lizards filmed 'walking on water'

Apparently basilisk lizards create a bubble when they run that helps them 'walk on water'. Another reptile, a tiny gecko, is so small it doesn't break the surface tension of the water. I couldn't find a video of 'Life', the British series referred to in the article, but here is a National Geographic video of a basilisk lizard running on the water:

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