Did humans really invented the wheel? It seems like Mother Nature had us beat: salamanders and caterpillars have been "rolling" like a wheel long before humans invented it. |
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6 comments to "Rolling Salamander and Caterpillars: Mother Nature Invented the Wheel"
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MrPumpernickel
December 16th, 2007 at
3:26 pm
“They see me rollin’, they hatin’…”
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Chris
December 16th, 2007 at
3:37 pm
I think that a lot of bacteria use a flagela to movbe; a sort of organic powered wheel.
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Alex
December 16th, 2007 at
5:02 pm
Flagellum is like a whip, not a wheel.
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Ali S.
December 16th, 2007 at
8:24 pm
If I remember correctly I believe that there is also a type of desert spider that cartwheels, well, like a wheel down a sand dune to avoid being eaten by lizards.
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andrew
December 16th, 2007 at
9:54 pm
@ Chris and Alex
A lot of Bacteria use their flagellum to move, and it is a whip. but the base of it functions as a simple wheel, or at least a rotating system with an axle.
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Jimbo
December 18th, 2007 at
7:44 pm
youtube version is better
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