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Gecko Feet
12/4/2008 | 8m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Jennifer and Nooshin investigate why some lizards are better at climbing than others.
Jennifer and Nooshin wonder how some lizards can climb rocks so easily. They visit the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley and compare the climbing ability of different lizards. The best climbers are geckos. They visit a lab at the University of California Berkeley to find out why, learning that special, nanoscale hairs on gecko feet are the secret to their amazing climbing abilities.
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DragonflyTV is a local public television program presented by TPT
DragonflyTV
Gecko Feet
12/4/2008 | 8m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Jennifer and Nooshin wonder how some lizards can climb rocks so easily. They visit the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley and compare the climbing ability of different lizards. The best climbers are geckos. They visit a lab at the University of California Berkeley to find out why, learning that special, nanoscale hairs on gecko feet are the secret to their amazing climbing abilities.
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