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Are there any websites that have any good microscopic pictures and details of insects, plants, or animals?

I am an inventor trying to incorporate biomimetics into my inventions. Biomimetics is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. I want to get ideas from animals and plant life that is found in nature because, there is no better inventor to learn from like mother nature herself. I want to find websites that can provide me with pictures and information about living organisms that have unique abilities that may help me to come up with ideas to use these unique designs and replicate them in my inventions.

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1. investigate intelligent bacteria and try to find information on phantom DNA signals.,by a DR>POPPIN from Russia.partly related to residual messages produced in vacuum(stalled time)it may change your whole intent.also examine recent net articles on retina pre positioning for the iris focus point.good luck! you are an independent thinker.most of our biological associations are pivotal on this new discovery.
2. google it images.google.com
3. I've heard of biomimetics, but it is quite hard to recommend a particular site without knowing what you have in mind, or what type of inventions are you trying to develop. Many new materials and structures have been fabricated from observation and imitation of natural shapes and tissues. Here's a site with photographs from electron microscope observation. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/museum/profiles/hickman/hickmantechniques.html I think you should do a search for images obtained with SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), because these show surfaces and external details. PS If you ever invent some type of gloves or shoes that allow climbing onto vertical surfaces, like a gecko's toes, I'm interested! http://www.tc.umn.edu/~gambl007/geckos/gekko_gecko_to.jpg
4. the microscopic pictures are pictures. They don't show you anything about how they work in 3d or live. What you need are animation models made specifically for those researches. It is a little hard to do, but I may have some colleagues that can help you. I need more information such as which spcifies etc etc I also need to know your field.