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Innovative Mars rovers 'swim' through the sand
- May 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native to the Sahara. It can burrow into the sand and then literally "swim" through the desert sand to hunt or escape predators.
Originally published at Phys.org