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-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt’s still early. But this is pretty far ahead in the “coolest thing I’ll read today” column.
It’s still early. But this is pretty far ahead in the “coolest thing I’ll read today” column.