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Book 26, Question 26

What is biomimicry?

Biomimicry means copying ideas from nature to solve human problems.

Plants and animals have been testing designs for millions of years, and the ones that work well survive. Engineers study how a bird flies, how a gecko sticks, or how a leaf stays clean, and then use those ideas in machines, buildings, and materials. Nature is full of inventors' clues.

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