
Creature of the Gear
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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How to Control a Jumping Insect?
Yen: It's just sort of a strip of interlocking teeth that doesn't complete a full circle, and it only rolls one way only on launchy. Yen: Because the gear teeth were locked when the legs were in jump readying position, the insect's legs both performed the launching motion. The hypothesized explanation for the difference here is that issis insects go through periods of moulting as they grow.
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