Sabine @canyakker@mas.to
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Adding to my Snowflea aka Springtail photos from yesterday: if you look closely you can see a few of them in mid air above the snow ridge. They use a spring-loaded lever on their bodies to catapult them into the air to a height of about 100 times their body length (1mm).
Also, they have an antifreeze protein in their body, thus can be active in the snow.
Fascinating tiny creatures.

Many tiny black spots in the snow, a few can be seen jumped up in the air.
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