Why does our skin get wrinkly after taking a shower?
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AFAIK the skin adapts to water by creating grooves so you have more grip Grabung things as the wetness generally lowers the grip. Similar things can be seen with for example Formula 1 race cars that switch to tires that look like of street cars compared to their normal tires that are without any grooves. Though the groves in car tires are so that the water on the street can go away from under the tires as without the water would build up between the road and the tire and it would „float“ on a thin layer of water instead of direct contact of the road.
Similar thing you can observe when you use plain and slick latex gloves compared to latex gloves with texture/groves while washing dishes. The textured ones usually help you hold the slippery plates much better as the rubber has at the tip of the groves some direct contact to the plate.
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