Comments for "Nature invented the wheel" Video at VideoSift.com

By Fedquip

Fedquip (http://fedquip.videosift.com) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:40:05 -0800

*requeue

hoping this will clear up a slot in my queue

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:40:06 -0800

Re-queueing this video for one more try; last queued Sunday, December 9th, 2007 4:55am PST - requeue requested by submitter Fedquip.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://gunrock.videosift.com) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:27:38 -0800

Thanks for that awesome video. That was some great footage they got.

By jimnms

jimnms (http://www.videosift.com/member/jimnms) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:22:08 -0800

I wonder if this should go in the Rock & Roll channel?

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:05:54 -0800

Wow, I never knew they could do that and I watched a lot of nature documentaries. LOL.

By Peroxide

Peroxide (http://www.videosift.com/member/Peroxide) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:14:56 -0800

they displaced all those salamanders and grubs from their natural habitats just to film that? Not to mention all the tires that were displaced from their natural habitats. I'm going to have to flag this one as

*peta

By Fjnbk

Fjnbk (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fjnbk) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:32:42 -0800

I think this is *science.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:32:43 -0800

Adding video to channels (Science) - requested by Fjnbk.

By Popo

Popo (http://www.videosift.com/member/Popo) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:17:32 -0800

Do not attempt if you are much bigger than a salamander.
To wit: Cheese Rolling

By castles

castles (http://www.videosift.com/member/castles) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:56:36 -0800

Salamanders and caterpillars were born to rock n' roll -Truer words were never spoken.

By entr0py

entr0py (http://www.videosift.com/member/entr0py) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:11:33 -0800

Wow, that was a nice dismount by the c'piller at the end there. I wonder how long he's been practicing that.

By antimatter

antimatter (http://www.videosift.com/member/antimatter) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:05:54 -0800

Clearly a new animal sport has begun. Get the referee.

By grinter

grinter (http://www.videosift.com/member/grinter) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:37:32 -0800

There is another animal with a similar behaviour. A mantis shrimp, Nannosquilla decemspinosa, that rolls down sand flats when exposed at high tides:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v282/n5734/abs/282071a0.html
..and, as sifters seem to like technology, here is a review of rolling in nature and robotics:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1672-6529(07)60003-1

By deedub81

deedub81 (http://www.videosift.com/member/deedub81) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:02:12 -0800

They're copying us. We had wheels first.

By rychan

rychan (http://www.videosift.com/member/rychan) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:47:38 -0800

<pedantic>

Upvoted, but not really a wheel.

Wheel: a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle

</pedantic>