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Wheels and motors and jet engines and electrical transmission lines are also physically possible, but they are completely missing from the animal world (I believe there is one known unicellular organism that has a locomotion method that is similar to a motor or at least a propeller, but that is still completely unique).


ATP synthase is pretty much a micro-mechanical turbine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_synthase


This type of animal has evolved a gear mechanism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issus_(planthopper)




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