Why Don't Any Animals Have Wheels?

2012-05-19

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"Big Dog" Crazy LEG Robot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

Wheeled-Animal STRAIGHT DOPE: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1151/why-has-no-animal-species-ever-evolved-wheels

Wheeled-Animal WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_locomotion_in_living_systems

WHEEL SPIDER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4odlo0Afjs

Bacterial Flagellum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellum#Bacterial

Wheel and Axel Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfZvamONFFs

LITTER: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_(vehicle)

Earliest evidence we have of humans using wheels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronocice_pot

Dawkins Wheeled-Animal Article: http://dlss.channelwood.org/private/ebooks/atheisme/Why%20dont%20animals%20have%20wheels%20-%20Dawkins%20.pdf

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