How did using biomimicry help in developing a new tape based on gecko feet?
What will be an ideal response?
Biomimicry means understanding, mimicking, and cataloging ways that living organisms solve problems in order to develop solutions to human problems. For example, understanding the structure and function of gecko feet helped in the development of a toxin-free "gecko tape."
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