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Geckos slap their feet and swish their tails to race over water

Slender lizards can speed across a body of water faster than a young alligator can swim.
A gecko running across water

A gecko uses a complex series of movements to splash across a laboratory tank. Credit: Pauline Jennings

Geckos zoom over water using a unique combination of undulation, water-slapping and other motions.

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Nature 564, 164 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07658-6

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