News Animals Here’s how an arthropod pulls off the world’s fastest backflip Springtails can reach a spin rate of 368 rotations per second in the blink of an eye Backflipping arthropods called globular springtails can vault themselves up to 60 millimeters high and spin up to 29 times in the blink of an eye. Two springtails jump off a platform in a lab in this high-speed camera footage. A. Smith Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Jonathan Lambert August 29, 2024 at 9:00 am Move over, Simone Biles.