One giant leap for a bug.
The froghopper froghopper or spittlebug, small, hopping insect of the order Homoptera. The adult, under 1-2 in. (1.2 cm) long in most species, is triangular in shape and usually gray or dull green to brown. , a common garden insect, can jump more than 100
times its own body length. If it were a 6-foot-tall human, it could leap
over the San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. Bridge.
Jump meter
Froghopper 183 m
Bay Bridge 160 m
Common Flea 90 m
Javier Sotomayor (World
high-jump record) 2.45 m
NOTE: Bridge and insects not to scale
SOUCES: Nature Park Service; Associated Press
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