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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by brianpgordon on Thursday September 12, 2013 @03:46PM (#6376457)
Creatures with cool adaptations strengthen my faith in evolution. It's creatures like the panda or the koala or the sloth that shake my faith in evolution.
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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by EvanKelly on Thursday September 12, 2013 @03:49PM (#6376480)
The sloth's evolutionary advantage is that they are so fucking cool.
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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by maxerickson on Thursday September 12, 2013 @04:36PM (#6376779)
Did you do that on purpose?
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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by EvanKelly on Thursday September 12, 2013 @05:34PM (#6377108)
Not sure what you mean, so I guess not.
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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by maxerickson on Thursday September 12, 2013 @05:53PM (#6377223)
They have a slow metabolism, this requires less energy for survival but also generates less heat.
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