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If wheels and rolling have proven so efficient for humans, why hasn’t evolution pushed at least some other species in that direction? Well actually, there are a few species that can get around by rolling.

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Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_and_spider_02.jpg
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/File:Myrmecina_graminicola_casent0008643_profile_1.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_of_pearl_moth_(Pleuroptya_ruralis).jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsnortheast/5951127039/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/4050282814/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/8186664746/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEbKIpI7Bp0
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