Why Do Geckos Defy Gravity

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Unraveling the Mystery of How Geckos Defy Gravity

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There are some things that just get your imagination running. You think they might be true, but then you know that they can’t be true. One of those things is the mystery of how geckos can basically defy gravity. Usually gravity pulls things down with it, but how do geckos crawling on the ceiling not fall down? There are at least two things that we know cannot be the reason why geckos defy gravity, but there is one explanation that seems to be the reason why geckos do defy gravity. We know one of the reasons that cannot be true of why geckos defy gravity is friction. We know that it is not friction because cockroaches use tiny hooks to climb and grab onto a surface, just like a rock climber uses crampons that latches onto their foot that can give them a grip and traction in the snow or on rock walls. On the other hand, geckos are not like cockroaches. They run up a glass window that a cockroach cannot climb. “Cockroaches climb using tiny hooks that grapple onto irregularities in the surface, much as rock climbers use crampons. Geckos, however, happily run up walls of smooth polished glass that no cockroach can climb. It’s not friction.” …show more content…

We know that it cannot be electrostatic attraction because like when clothes rub together in the dryer, it creates static electricity which can be stopped by inserting a “static remover” like a heavily ionized object. A gecko’s feet still adhere to a wall in ionized air, so we know that it cannot be electrostatic attraction. “Clothes in a dryer stick together because of electrical charges created by their rubbing together. You can stop this by adding a “static remover” like a Cling-free sheet that is heavily ionized. But a gecko’s feet still adhere in ionized air. It’s not electrostatic

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