When worms stick together and swim on thin water, what happens and why does it matter?

Nematodes, microscopic worms, are making engineers look twice at their ability to exhibit the '��Cheerios effect'�� when they move in a collective motion. These parasites will actually stick together like Cheerios swimming in milk in a cereal bowl after a chance encounter '��due to capillary force.'�� This observation has made engineers speculate about the possible impacts on the study of biolocomotion.

Source: ScienceDaily

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