Discovery: a tiny insect called the saliva bat, which is also found in Israel, is able to jump 110 times the height of its body
Alex Doron
The old bug, which can jump to a height of 100 times its body size, was probably removed from the top of the table of jumpers relative to body size. The new record is a tiny insect called the spittlebug, which can jump to an impressive height of 70 centimeters. Considering that the length of the whip is only 6 millimeters, it would be as if a person would jump from his place to the height of an 80-story skyscraper.
The saliva whippet (Philaenus spumarius) is a relative of the cicadas of the single-winged cicadas, and is very common in gardens and can also be found in Israel. In Israel there are 10 species in the sedge family, 3 of which are considered common.
In size, the rock whip resembles a tiny beetle, but its hind legs are very developed and have calves
long and strong. Her detection mechanism was called by scientists a "missile launcher", because with it she manages to jump to a height 110 times greater than her own height.
Prof. Malcolm Burrow, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, set up a very fast video camera that shot 2,000 frames per second to accurately measure the whiplash's tracking. It turned out that her muscle mechanism and the nervous system that controls it produce a pulling force that is 400 times greater (!) than the force of gravity. Prof. Boro reported to the science weekly Nature that in less than a thousandth of a second her legs stretched to accelerate her body to a speed of 4 meters per second. For comparison: in a high jump, a person invests a downward force of 2-3 times the force of gravity.
And if we're already dealing with insects with records, we'll also mention the Rhinoceros Beetle, a beetle from the family of sibilia, which is considered the strongest creature on the planet in relation to its body dimensions. The body weight of the rhinoceros is only 20 grams and its length is 150 mm (of which, 56 mm are its "horns"), but it is able to carry a load 100 times its own weight. For comparison - a person is only able to carry a weight 3 times his own. In fact, it would be like a person lifting a weight of 7 tons on his back.
Another insect with unusual abilities is the two-color navigator, an African ant that navigates its way not according to scent signals - pheromones its body produces - but according to the sun. The two-color navigator is able to live in heat of 55 degrees, and above without "cooking". Another insect called the Hedora Danaita (known by its other name: the "king butterfly")
Can migrate huge distances - up to 4,500 km from Kina.
