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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by cma on Thursday September 12, 2013 @03:57PM (#6376533)
An electric motor, complete with stators, etc. has been known for a while and it didn't change our concept of 'mechanical':

http://www.arn.org/docs/mm/flag_dithani.gif

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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by hcarvalhoalves on Thursday September 12, 2013 @04:55PM (#6376893)
What is this?
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Re:First Mechanical Gear Found in a Living Creature by Kliment on Friday September 13, 2013 @02:03AM (#6378920)
A flagella. Bacteria use them to move around.
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