Gears In Nature

[vtcnc]

It's a fairly recent discovery (2013) but I just learned about this today.

Functioning 'mechanical gears' seen in nature for the first time

Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect -- showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did.

www.eurekalert.org

 

[Ulma Doctor]

very cool!
we often think that we, (man) , thought of things first, but nature has already done almost everything before we conceive of it.
we end up copying nature, whether we know it or not

 

[DavidR8]

That is amazing! Thank you for sharing.

 

[mikey]

Stunning!