In a buoyant episode of his "True Facts" series, narrator Ze Frank takes an amusing look at the physics of water walking insects.

Water striders are fascinating little monsters. These insects, famous for their ability to walk on water, have always captivated me. This video taught me that they're carnivorous, and catch their ...

These spiders don’t just walk on water, instead, they hunt on it ... which includes aquatic insects and small amphibians. They’re versatile creatures that are able to dive, swim, and glide ...

These spiders can walk on the water and hunt tadpoles and even small ... Mosquito larvae live underwater before they become flying insects. They remain near the surface, using specialised ...

The post, designed to simply educate the public, said, “These spiders can walk and even ... they can snatch insects, tadpoles, and even small fish right out of the water,” further explained ...

You'll learn about the forces that hold water molecules together and how insects like water striders use this property to walk on water. See this experiment demonstrated step by step in this video.

The resulting videos are not only cute and entertaining — they reveal that water bears use their little claws like grappling hooks, and that they walk in similar patterns to insects.