Functioning ‘Mechanical Gears’ Seen in Nature for the First Time
30th April 2016
a plant-hopping insect found in gardens across Europe – has hind-leg joints with curved cog-like strips of opposing ‘teeth’ that intermesh, rotating like mechanical gears to synchronise the animal’s legs when it launches into a jump.
April 30th, 2016 at 17:03
We see such wonders in nature and in the face of Divine Genius we say, “What a lucky freak accident.”