Along with the beaver, the gecko, honey bees and snapping shrimp, the mole has been nominated as “nature’s best engineer” by the British Science Association. Lots of animals have evolved to be able to do extraordinary things, and the mole is no exception. Moles are expert burrowers, and can create vast underground networks despite being nearly blind. They are also deadly predators: the  star-nosed mole can find, catch and eat food in less than 300 milliseconds (that’s faster than the human eye can detect!).

Today, engineers are frequently looking to nature for elegant design solutions in the growing field of biomimicry.

You can find more information about biomimicry in our eGFI Magazine (go to page 28) or here on the blog. And don’t forget to check out more of nature’s engineers and cast your vote!

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