Jumping parasitic worms use static electricity to hit their targets

Tiny parasitic worms could also be exceptionally good at leaping onto their prey as a result of they’re electrically interested in them.

Roundworms (Steinernema carpocapsae) that connect to bugs like bees or fruit flies to feed on them are amongst nature’s strongest jumpers regardless of being solely a millimetre lengthy. They launch into the air, then spin in a collection of flips till they land on bugs headfirst. Researchers have beforehand studied how the construction of the worms’ muscle tissues helps them bounce so nicely, however Víctor Ortega …