Transcription: The water strider, also known as the pond skater, is an interesting insect. It lives on the surface of streams, lakes, rivers and ponds and it actually walks on water. How does it accomplish this task? Well, it uses the surface tension of water. Just like the needle was able to float in your experiment because of surface tension, the water strider is able to walk on water because of surface tension. If we zoom in on one of these insects, that surface tension in action. Like all insects, the water strider has six legs. Notice what happens when those six legs touch the water. They form dimples i ...
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