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Maybe it doesn't. The last paragraph of the article implies that wear eventually would compromise the gears, but that the insect molting and replacing the old g
by john_b 13y ago
Maybe it doesn't. The last paragraph of the article implies that wear eventually would compromise the gears, but that the insect molting and replacing the old gears with new ones (frequently?) prevents it from being a problem.
- npsimons 13y agoWhich leads to the classic answer to the age old question of how you make a car last forever: buy three, one to keep, and the other two for parts.
- jacquesm 13y agoThat's for very small values of 'forever', after 3x the average lifespan of some critical component you are again without transportation.
- X4 13y agomaybe self-healing? I am curious to know more
- rdtsc 13y agoThe creature sheds it exoskeleton at it grows. Adults don't have this gear "feature" apparently.