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The organism will need something like a fluid rotary union so the nervous and circulatory system can reach the rotating part, or that part will be limited to ve
by thombat 6y ago
The organism will need something like a fluid rotary union so the nervous and circulatory system can reach the rotating part, or that part will be limited to very low metabolic levels (basically diffusion). That will certainly be ingenious.
- clairity 6y agocertainly, but biology is amazing. our muscles are basically chemical ratchets interconnected throughout a mosaic of levers (ignoring the complex control and feedback mechanisms, as well as the energy and waste systems, for a moment). also, your point is why i mentioned pearls--not all tissue needs to be activated or enervated similarly, or at all. we should have no doubt that biology would find a way given enough time.
- Robotbeat 6y agoIt has found a way! Through engineering. We invented wheels, and we’re a result of evolution. Dung beetles have engineered something similar, although no axle (yet).