Comments on: Incredible skin helps springtails to keep dry underwater and always stay clean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/02/incredible-skin-helps-springtails-to-keep-dry-underwater-and-always-stay-clean/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/02/incredible-skin-helps-springtails-to-keep-dry-underwater-and-always-stay-clean/#comment-13299 Ed Yong Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:57:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5481#comment-13299 @Jaybird2005 - I should have written that the air is trapped <strong>when water is pushing down upon it</strong>. Under normal conditions, the air can freely exchange with surrounding air. So, if the springtails were continuously submerged, they would probably eventually suffocate. @Jaybird2005 – I should have written that the air is trapped when water is pushing down upon it. Under normal conditions, the air can freely exchange with surrounding air. So, if the springtails were continuously submerged, they would probably eventually suffocate.

]]> By: android http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/02/incredible-skin-helps-springtails-to-keep-dry-underwater-and-always-stay-clean/#comment-13298 android Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:14:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5481#comment-13298 they are so plentiful and have adapted to so many parts of the earth (even Antarctica) that it could really be said that the planet wasn't made for man, but for springtails. they are so plentiful and have adapted to so many parts of the earth (even Antarctica) that it could really be said that the planet wasn’t made for man, but for springtails.

]]> By: Jaybird2005 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/02/incredible-skin-helps-springtails-to-keep-dry-underwater-and-always-stay-clean/#comment-13297 Jaybird2005 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:13:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5481#comment-13297 Curious. Nice article. Well written. Very complex skin structures. If the air is 'trapped' why don't the bugs keep re-breathing the same air and end up suffocating? Lungs force air out of the way, but no lungs. Curious. Nice article. Well written. Very complex skin structures. If the air is ‘trapped’ why don’t the bugs keep re-breathing the same air and end up suffocating? Lungs force air out of the way, but no lungs.

]]> By: Walter S. Andriuzzi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/02/incredible-skin-helps-springtails-to-keep-dry-underwater-and-always-stay-clean/#comment-13296 Walter S. Andriuzzi Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:41:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5481#comment-13296 Cool! I suspect the same applies to similar structures found on some soil mites: http://macromite.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/weekly-bits-pieces-oribatulid-leg-well-ornaments/ Cool! I suspect the same applies to similar structures found on some soil mites:
http://macromite.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/weekly-bits-pieces-oribatulid-leg-well-ornaments/

]]> By: One Furious Llama http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/02/incredible-skin-helps-springtails-to-keep-dry-underwater-and-always-stay-clean/#comment-13295 One Furious Llama Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:17:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5481#comment-13295 Awesome post. Awesome science is awesome. That is all :) Awesome post. Awesome science is awesome.

That is all :)

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