@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 2 years agoTIL that the insect Issus coleoptratus uses mechanical gears to synchronize its legs when jumping. This is the only known occurrence of functional mechanical gears in nature.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down11
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the insect Issus coleoptratus uses mechanical gears to synchronize its legs when jumping. This is the only known occurrence of functional mechanical gears in nature.www.smithsonianmag.com@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoHonestly pretty amazing. I imagine this is quite rare because it’s such a complex evolutionary development. I wonder how such a thing developed?
Honestly pretty amazing. I imagine this is quite rare because it’s such a complex evolutionary development. I wonder how such a thing developed?
We’re in a simulation.