A TINY bug has been crowned as the world’s fastest backflip performer giving Sonic a run for his money. The globular springtail is able to spin over 60 times its body height in the blink of an eye, ...

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A tiny garden bug has been dubbed the real-life Sonic the Hedgehog because it does the fastest backflips on the planet. The “insanely fast” globular springtail completes a full body rotation in less ...

Move over, Sonic. There’s a new spin-jumping champion in town – the globular springtail (Dicyrtomina minuta). This diminutive hexapod backflips into the air, spinning to over 60 times its body height ...

You may have been impressed by the gymnastics on display in Paris this summer, but a common backyard bug can top anything on display at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena. At least, that's according to a ...

When it comes to spin-jumping creatures, Sonic the Hedgehog might spring to mind. But the video game character pales in comparison to one backyard bug, which claims the title as the fastest flipping ...

From water and trees, to fall leaf litter and the snows of winter, springtails are some of the most abundant and acrobatic arthropods on Earth. “They’re really common soil animals that live and sort ...

Despite what you might say when drunk, you’re not the best backflipper in the world. That honor belongs to a tiny little bug called a globular springtail, whose superfast backflips have now been ...

[Narrator] Alright, cut it out. That's enough horsing around. Just, just knock it off. Yes, you as well. These kind of pissed off looking arthropods are globular springtails. And they aren't actually ...

The crazy critters don't even use their legs to perform their masterful spin, scientists say A TINY bug has been crowned as the world’s fastest backflip performer giving Sonic a run for his money. The ...