Springtail Jumps Off Water and in Super Slow Motion

Offwater jumps of the semiaquatic collembola Sminthurides aquaticus and solid ground jumps of Dicyrtomina minuta captured in slow motion video, filming at speeds over 73, 000 frames per second These animals are fast and incredible Image of Sminthurides aquaticus by Andy Murray. Check out his amazing collembola photography here: Here are a few of the few published studies describing and filming these jumps before my work: Brackenbury Hunt (1993) Jumping in springtails: mechanism and dynamics. J. Zool. Lond. 229: 217236 Sudo et al. (2013) The Kinematics of Jumping of Globular Springtail. Journal of Aero Aqua Biomechanisms 3:8591 Sudo et al. (2015) Jumps of Water Springtail and Morphology of the Jumping Organ. Journal of JSEM s117s124 Thanks to Andy Murray, Matt Bertone, and Aron Katz for factchecking related to this video. Music licensed from Follow and connect more here: Twitter: Instagram: