Body hair helps animals stay clean – and could inspire self-cleaning technologies
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Watch a fly land on the kitchen table, and the first thing it does is clean itself, very, very carefully. Although we can’t see it, the animal’s surface is covered with dust, pollen and even insidious mites that could burrow into its body if not removed.
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