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Perfect example of elastic potential energy built into a lattice structure. This is almost an upscaled version of a prince Rupert’s drop.
The weave creates tension via the sticks pressing into eachother. They can bend, but don't want to, and thus put a lot of force on eachother, and each one is arranged against the other in such a way that the force pushes them together.
When one is pulled out of place, the rest fly apart in a chain