Gecko toe microstructures (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Gecko toe microstructures

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Left: A gecko foot. Middle: A scanning electron micrograph of hairlike structures on gecko toes, called setae, with “sp” indicating the location of smaller structures called spatulae. Right: A close-up view of an individual spatula.

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Credit: Photo on left: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0; microscope images: Stanislas Gorb/Kiel University.

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