Ever get a flat tire because of a “goat head”? It’s a spiky seed pod that looks just like a medieval weapon of war and that’s no accident. Nature invented these burrs to hitchhike on animals, while humans made caltrops to stop horses, cars, even tanks. Two different worlds, one painful design. Mother Nature and warfare engineers… thinking alike.
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Ever get a flat tire because of a “goat head”? It’s a spiky seed pod that looks just like a medieval weapon of war and that’s no accident. Nature invented these burrs to hitchhike on animals, while humans made caltrops to stop horses, cars, even tanks. Two different worlds, one painful design. Mother Nature and warfare engineers… thinking alike.
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