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M. Drack, I. Gebeshuber:
"Comment on "Innovation through imitation: biomimetic, bioinspired and biokleptic research" by A.E. Rawlings, J.P. Bramble and S.S. Staniland, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 6675"";
Soft Matter, 9 (2013), 2338 - 2340.

We try to clarify some issues that were raised by an article that appeared in Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 6675. The main question was how to distinguish biomimetic, bioinspired and biokleptic research. We put forward a "continental" perspective that can help to avoid some of the confusion that might have been evoked.