Share Life - Pre Intermediate - 8c
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Why are geckos amazing animals?
They can walk upside down.
Where do engineers, scientists and designers learn from?
nature (animals and plants)
What are the two types of sea animals that help engineers in Canada and Germany?
whale and boxfish
What helps a whale move so easily through water?
flippers
How did George de Mestral get the idea of Velcro?
He noticed how the bur stuck really well to his clothes, and so he had the idea of Velcro
What did Wilhem notice about the lotus leaves?
Water always ran off the leaf and it cleaned itself.
What do the scientists from Stanford university want to learn from geckos?
their feet
Who invented a new type of paint that is cleaner than normal paint?
Wilhelm Barthlott
What is "biomimetics"?
The science in which animals and plants help scietists with design
