Abstract
The article discusses the features of biomimetics as a science that allows to suggest technologies for creating new technologies. Strange to relate, the man is a being completely unadapted to life. At the same time, man made a lot of discoveries precisely thanks to the observation of animals — from primitive tools based on the teeth of other animals to the first flying machines. Over time, the human civilization has defined a whole direction in science, which explores mechanisms in nature in order to use them for the benefit of man. With the help of biomimetics (from the Latin "bios" - life and "mimesis" - imitation), many problems from medicine, architecture, transport and energy were solved.