Why does water form droplets?
Chemistry For Your Life
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Water Beetles and Surface Tension
Every Gen Kim textbook I've ever looked at has that picture in it. They probably have very little intermolecular forces between their legs and the water. But they're not breaking the surface engine and they're not bonding or interacting in much way with the water. So this question was, do water beetles that float on the water have a similar Intermolecular force superpower as geckos? And not quite because they're not creating it. Right, they're taking advantage of it.
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