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by dtech 1782 days ago
Physically you could have wheeled animals, but wheels just won't evolve. They are perfect for somewhat smooth surfaces where you want to travel in a somewhat straight line. Organisms just cannot confine themselves to that and survive.

Unless we find a planet composed entirely of solid smooth rock we won't find wheeled animals.

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How would wheels get fed with nutrition? Would they have tiny mouths?
Gears have evolved, though, which is equally cool IMO.
Half-gears.