Putting this here partly so I can find them again:
Cricket frogs crossing water: The motion has previously been called "skittering" along the water surface. Video shows that it's similar to what porpoises do. The frogs repeatedly leap out of the water and submerging again, moving forward with each leap (via![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
conuly)
Dragonfly acrobatics: some dragonflies dunk themselves in the water to cool off. They submerge briefly, then fly vertically upwards, and do rapid loop-the-loops to dry off (viaandrewducker; paywalled)
Cricket frogs crossing water: The motion has previously been called "skittering" along the water surface. Video shows that it's similar to what porpoises do. The frogs repeatedly leap out of the water and submerging again, moving forward with each leap (via
conuly)Dragonfly acrobatics: some dragonflies dunk themselves in the water to cool off. They submerge briefly, then fly vertically upwards, and do rapid loop-the-loops to dry off (via
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