According to Charles 'Buddy' Whatley, a retired Methodist pastor,
the Creator God sitting down at an electron microscope as he designs and builds all this down to the tiniest detail…for a lizard!Pastor's viewpoint is published in The Post-Searchlight.
Geckos have one of the most fascinating and effective natural adhesive systems in the animal kingdom. Their feet are covered with millions of tiny hair-like structures called “setae.”
Their “setae” create Van der Waals forces, which are weak intermolecular attractions generated when molecules are very close together.
Author's summary: Geckos' natural adhesive system is fascinating.