Scientists have been turning to the animal world for inspiration for a long time, including for medicines. And many different types of animals have been responsible for this inspiration, including sharks, spiders, and... roadkill.

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Sources:
Intro
https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/ot...
https://www.hookandloop.com/invention...
https://biomimicry.org/biomimicry-exa...

Frogs
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pr...
https://www.nature.com/scitable/defin...
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/p...
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf...
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087712/

Sharks
https://academic.oup.com/abt/article/...
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/i...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.bioatla.com/appendix/anti....
https://www.ossianix.co.uk/vnar-libra...
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/...
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Venom
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...
https://www.britannica.com/science/io...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Sponges
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://issues.org/p_bruckner-coral-r...
http://chemocare.com/chemotherapy/dru...
https://www.britannica.com/science/an...
https://www.tocris.com/cell-biology/c...

Roadkill
https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i16/R...
https://microbiologysociety.org/blog/...
https://depts.washington.edu/ceeh/dow...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/...
https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/c...

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...