Why Don't Any Animals Have Wheels?

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08/20/2013 at 22:55 • Filed to: four wheels good

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Kinja'd!!! Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > PRBot II
08/20/2013 at 23:02

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Uh, because wheels are an invention of the human race, are manufactured, and do not occur naturally. But hey, if you wanna give your dog some wheels, dawg, be my guest.


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08/21/2013 at 06:03

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They're very difficult to plumb into your blood system. You'd have to have an artery that can twist around a potentially infinate amount of times, or some sort of spinning joint in a blood vessel, which would be very, very difficult to create.

The closest thing there is is the tail of sperm, which rotates within the body for propulsion. More like a propeller than a wheel, but that's the only thing I know of that has something that spins around for more than one rotation.


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08/21/2013 at 06:04

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That doesn't really explain why there isn't one in nature though. Just because something has been invented by people, doesn't mean that it hadn't (or couldn't) have occurred in nature.