Rotating locomotion in living systems
PHENOMENON AND TOPIC OF DISCOURSE IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS
Creatures with wheels; Wheeled creatures; Animals with wheels; Wheeled animals; Rotation in living systems; Rolling animals; Rolling creatures; Organisms with wheels; Wheeled organisms; Rolling organisms; Why animals don't have wheels; Wheels in nature; Animals with propellers; Rotating locomotion; Rotational locomotion
Several organisms are capable of rolling locomotion. However, true wheels and propellers—despite their utility in human vehicles—do not seem to play a significant role in the movement of living things (with the exception of certain flagella, which work like corkscrews).