@garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 year 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-up1205cross-posted to: highstrangeness@lemmit.online
arrow-up1205external-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@garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: highstrangeness@lemmit.online
minus-square@RadicalizedlinkEnglish13•1 year 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.