Everyone knows that water bugs run on water as if on a hard surface. How do you explain this phenomenon?

bystudin | June 27, 2020 | Education

Everyone knows that water bugs run on water as if on a hard surface. How do you explain this phenomenon? Due to what property of water is this possible?

This is possible due to such a property of water as surface tension. The water strider moves on water with rather high speed and legs widely apart.

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