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- Protect from biotic factors
- Regulate physiological processes
- Mixture waterproofs nests: paper wasps
- Grooves shed water: doves
- Valve regulates water permeability: yellow bush lupine
- Hydrophobic surface allows self-cleaning: sacred lotus
- Bract forms waterproof structure: titan arum
- Mounds shed water: West African termites
- Nest sheds water: tropical hornet
- Seed coat and enzymes protect seed: lotus
- Secretion waterproofs nest: plasterer bee
- Dikes prevent flooding: ground squirrel
- Cork bars water, dissolved ions and gases: cork oak
- Leaf surfaces are hydrophobic: Lady's mantle
- Case protects during years at sea: Polynesian box fruit
- Pores allow gas exchange: birds
- Architecture avoids flooding, creates microclimates: ants
- Waxy coat controls moisture loss: cockroach
- Silk protects from flooding, captures water: barking spider
- Rind resists rotting: flowering plants
- Convex surface geometry resists adhesion: pumpkin
- Ear flaps keep water out: otters
- Beak protects during dives: cape gannet
- Guard hairs repel water: reindeer
- Guard hairs form waterproof barrier: seals
- Feathers protect from water: Gentoo penguin
- Seed compartment impervious to rain: Namaqualand mesems
- Nest openings protect from floods: ants
- Floating mats adjust to water levels: beaked sedge
- Plants rise above flooding: peatland plants
- Hairs prevent entry of water: rat-tailed maggot
- Native plants persist in changing conditions: wetland ecosystems
- Ecosystem manages poor soils: tropical rain forest
- Flotation in turbulent waters: Heteropterid bugs
- Tail used for reproductive advantage: damselfly
- Ears seal out water: crocodile
- Seeds dispersed across the sea: sea bean
- Seeds survive long sea voyages: coconut palm
- Flower structures protect pollen: angiosperms
- Leaves retain air films underwater: water fern
- Colonies survive floods: fire ants
- Fibers contract and relax: spiders
- Skin properties derive from arrangement of components: mammals
- Secretion waterproofs: red velvet mite
- Skin maintains structural rigidity: human
- Rough, hydrophobic surface allows gas-exchange: lichen
- Cutin protects edges from cracking: grapes
- Air and water repellant surface prevents entry of fluids: Bacillus subtilis
