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Cell Press [ Watch The Video ] Pygmy mole crickets are known to be prodigious jumpers on land. Now, researchers reporting in the December 4th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have found that the tiny insects have found an ingenious method to jump from the water, too. Their secret is a series of spring-loaded, oar-like paddles on their back legs. "Pygmy mole crickets have solved the most difficult task of jumping from the surface of water," says Malcolm Burrows of...