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they are one with the rain

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How tiny insects survive the rain



A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology filmed the insects as they collided with raindrops.



This showed that their bodies put up so little resistance that, rather than the drop of water stopping in a sudden, catastrophic splash, the mosquito simply combined with the drop and the two continued to fall together.





http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18294324
 
Fascinating and I love topics like this.
 
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