This is pretty cool: "But for the issus, their legs outpace their - TopicsExpress



          

This is pretty cool: "But for the issus, their legs outpace their nervous system. By the time the insect has sent a signal from its legs to its brain and back again, roughly 5 or 6 milliseconds, the launch has long since happened. Instead, the gears, which engage before the jump, let the issus lock its legs together—synchronizing their movements to a precision of 1/300,000 of a second." - via Charles
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:18:58 +0000

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