A TINY bug has been crowned as the world’s fastest backflip performer giving Sonic a run for his money. The globular springtail is able to spin over 60 times its body height in the blink of an eye, ...

Move over, Sonic. There's a new spin-jumping champion in town—the globular springtail (Dicyrtomina minuta). This diminutive hexapod backflips into the air, spinning to over 60 times its body height in ...

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The post The Bug That Spins 368 Times a Second When It Jumps appeared first on A-Z Animals. A creature smaller than a grain of rice may be the fastest backflipper on Earth, which is exactly the kind ...

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A tiny garden bug has been dubbed the real-life Sonic the Hedgehog because it does the fastest backflips on the planet. The “insanely fast” globular springtail completes a full body rotation in less ...

[Narrator] Alright, cut it out. That's enough horsing around. Just, just knock it off. Yes, you as well. These kind of pissed off looking arthropods are globular springtails. And they aren't actually ...

The crazy critters don't even use their legs to perform their masterful spin, scientists say A TINY bug has been crowned as the world’s fastest backflip performer giving Sonic a run for his money. The ...

A creature smaller than a grain of rice may be the fastest backflipper on Earth, which is exactly the kind of fact that makes me want to go outside, scoop up a handful of leaf litter, and look a ...