Here's an individual hair with a little split end there. When we measured the forces, they were enormous. They were so large that a patch of hairs about this size — the gecko's foot could support the weight of a small child, about 40 pounds, easily. Now, how do they do it?
Aquí está un pelo individual con la punta bifurcada aquí, cuando medimos las fuerzas eran enormes, eran tan grandes que un pedazo de pelos de este tamaño, la pata de la lagartija podría soportar el peso de un niño pequeño - unos veinte kilos fácilmente. ¿Cómo lo hacen?