garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 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-up1205cross-posted to: science@lemmy.mlhighstrangeness@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.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.mlhighstrangeness@lemmit.online
minus-squareRadicalizedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 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?
minus-squarethismessisaplace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWe’re in a simulation.
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.