Cicada Wings Tear Bacteria to Pieces

This model shows how structures on the wing of the clanger cicada kill bacteria just by virtue of their physical structure.

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Video courtesy Elena Ivanova, Swinburne University of Technology
Music "Triple Sun [Nonimx]" by Coil, via FreeMusicArchive.com

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