Fish have the ability to come and go freely in the water, so people imitate the shape of fish to build ships and use wooden paddles to imitate fins. According to legend, as early as the Dayu period, the working people in ancient China observed fish swimming and turning with their tails wagging in the water, so they put wooden paddles on the stern. Through repeated observation, imitation and practice, it was gradually changed to paddle rudder, which increased the power of the ship and mastered the means of capsizing. In this way, even in the rolling river, people can let ships sail freely.

The wings of flies (also called balance bars) are "natural navigators", and people imitate them to make "vibrating gyroscopes". At present, this instrument has been applied to rockets and high-speed aircraft, realizing automatic driving.

The fly eye is a kind of "compound eye", which consists of more than 30O0 small eyes. People imitate it and make a "fly-eye lens". The "compound eye lens" is composed of hundreds or thousands of small lenses arranged in sequence. It can be used as a lens to make a "compound eye camera" and can take thousands of identical photos at a time. This kind of camera has been used for printing plate making and copying a large number of tiny circuits of electronic computers, which greatly improves the work efficiency and quality. "Compound eye lens" is a new type of optical element, which has many uses.

Birds' wings have many special functions and structures, which make them not only good at flying, but also perform many "stunts" that are difficult for human technology to achieve at present. Hummingbird is a "helicopter" among birds. It can take off and land vertically and fly backwards. When sucking nectar, it does not stop on the flower like a bee, but hovers in the air. What a clever flight this is. It has become the dream of many aircraft designers to make vertical take-off and landing aircraft with hummingbird flight characteristics.

Inspired by penguins, people designed a new type of car "Penguin Polar Off-road Vehicle". This kind of car is stuck on the snow surface with wide bottom and pushed forward with a wheel spoon, which not only solves the polar transportation problem, but also can drive in muddy areas.