Millimetre-long worms use powerful muscles to jump onto their bee or fly hosts to feed. But their expert leaping may be helped by an electric attraction that pulls them to their targets mid-air
may be exceptionally good at jumping onto their prey because they are electrically attracted to them.powerful jumpers
despite being only a millimetre long. They launch into the air, then spin in a series of flips until they land on insects headfirst. Researchers have previously studied how the structure of the worms’ muscles helps them jump so well, but
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