[msds]

"Droplet superpropulsion in an energetically constrained insect"(https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36376-5 ) is a great paper from the same authors - I came across it last year when I was deep in a project involving droplet manipulation on superhydrophobic surfaces. Nature is wild!

[bitwize]

Indeed. It reminds me of that species of planthopper whose rear legs have interlocking "gears", allowing the insect to jump with both legs together in perfect synchrony:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-ha...

Nature is probably richer than we yet know with ideas for physical systems that would boggle our minds.