{"id":442,"date":"2010-02-21T09:47:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T09:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/?p=442"},"modified":"2010-02-21T09:47:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T09:47:18","slug":"photo-of-ant-holding-500-times-its-own-bodyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/2010\/02\/21\/photo-of-ant-holding-500-times-its-own-bodyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Ant Holding 500 times its own Bodyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/47340444_008791133-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-443\" title=\"_47340444_008791133-1\" src=\"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/47340444_008791133-1.jpg\" alt=\"_47340444_008791133-1\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a>This amazing picture of an ant holding its own bodyweight while upside down was taken by zoology specialist Dr Thomas Endlein of Cambridge  University while researching creatures sticky feet.<\/p>\n<p>This photo snatched the guy \u00a3700 in photographic vouchers from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.<\/p>\n<p>His hope is studying the way ants feet self clean and change their size to support varying weights will help develop new adhesives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pads on ants&#8217; feet are self-cleaning and can stick to almost any  type of surface,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No man-made glue or adhesive system  can match this. 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