View Larger Version | Two colonies of Volvox algae orbit each other in a waltz caused by the coordinated strokes of hundreds of tiny undulating flagella. The movement is shown here by superimposing multiple photos taken four seconds apart. At small scales, hydrodynamic interactions between swimmers such as Volvox are particularly strong. Credit: Drescher et al./Physical Review Letters 2009

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