NVA, "Basilisk Lizard Collage" Nov 21, 2013 Chicago
In this Bioneers unit we had to research an animal that has a special feature, that humans can go off of to make a new design. The animal I researched was the Basilisk Lizard, this lizard can run on water. The way it can do this is because it is light weight, can run really fast (5 miles) , and it has flaps in between its feet that make air pockets so it can keep up on the water. The reason humans cant run that fast and stay on the water is because that we are to heavy and the lizard is only 7 ounces. It lives in the lower part of Mexico to the top of South America. I chose this animal, because not many animals can walk on water and I never heard of any humans making a product that can help us walk on water. The design I created was a "Water Board", it is a board that has three propellers (two on the sides and one in the back). It also has two tubes on the sides that blow air upwards to create air pockets. The propellers will help make the board go fast to support are weight and the tubes will keep the board afloat. I was going to make a flipper that can help us walk on water, but in my research I found a design that was very similar to that. One of the Basilisk Lizard's nicknames is the Jesus Christ Lizard, because Jesus can walk on water and this lizard can run on it. The best part of this project was making my own design going off of this lizard, because not many people have made a design that can help people walk on water.
"Green Basilisk Lizard" n.p. National Geographic News, n.d.
"Basiliscus (genus)" n.p. Wikipedia, Nov 12, 2013
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