The screech of brakes on a wet road, eyes of the driver filled with horror, an ear-splitting bump of impact… You open your eyes to the rain falling on your face and don’t see anything through the blur at first. Then, your vision clears, and you see the gray sky and the black spot of a face above you. “Are you alright? I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you…” You get up with the help of the driver who hit you. Thankfully, apart from torn clothes, no serious damage has been done, and you don’t even feel pain. Your exoskeleton took all the impact upon itself.

At home, you take off your shirt and check the chitin plates on your side. They seem absolutely fine. Exoskeleton is such a wonderful evolutionary feature, after all! The plates are hard enough to take a serious impact without breaking, yet they’re also flexible, acting a bit like a spring when something hits them... We tried to imagine what our life would be like if people had exoskeletons. Yep, this is another cool "what if" video for those who love fantasy stories.

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