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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

The turbo caterpillar treadmill

These caterpillars in the Amazon rain forest travel together in kind of a treadmill formation, with the whole group able to travel faster than any individual caterpillar.

Here’s the explanation. And I’ve got a thing for treadmills, I guess: here’s the plane on a treadmill problem, Slinky on a treadmill, and a Japanese game show featuring treadmills. (via @stevenstrogatz)