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- Protect from abiotic factors
- Protect from biotic factors
- Regulate physiological processes
- Bones self-heal: vertebrates
- Shell is tough armor: golden scale snail
- Insect elytra resist shear and cracking: beetles
- Tendons and bones form seamless attachment: Chordates
- Leaves resist tearing: brown algae
- Microscopic holes deter fractures: starfish
- Spicules help resist fractures: sponges
- Extensibility helps stop spread of cracks: macroalgae
- Shell resists cracking: scallop
- Leaves resist crosswise tearing: grasses
- Antlers resist fracture: elk
- Scales prevent structural penetration: fig
- Resin protects damage: conifer trees
- Crystals and fibers provide strength, flexibility: bones
- Arterial walls resist stretch disproportionately: cephalopods
- Hooves resist cracking: horse
- Continuous fibers prevent structural weakness: trees
- Scales form protective layer: bony fish
- Scales form protective armor: garpike
- Shape distributes stress: sea urchin
- Membranes self-repair: cells
- Uterus expands/contracts: mammals
- Transport system prevents spread of embolisms: conifers
- Leaves resist bending: trees
- Flexural, torsional stiffness with minimal material use: organisms
- Jaws swallow eggs whole: egg-eating snakes
- Vines repair themselves: pipevine
- Shells are tough: red abalone
- Fibers contract and relax: spiders
- Head structures absorb shock: golden-fronted woodpecker
- Bones' supporting beams provide strength: birds and mammals
- Hierarchical organization of peel confers impact resistance: pummelo
- Shell provides resistance against cracking: macadamia nut
- Scales provide penetrative protection: striped bass
- Trees self-repair: Pará rubber tree
- Fiber gives toughness: bamboo and trees
- Structure is non-brittle: nacre
- Magnesium substitution prevents cracks: sea snail
- Armor protects against predators: threespine stickleback
- Silk is strong, stretchy: Darwin's bark spider
- Prehensile tail holds tight: seahorse
- Jumping legs resist failure: desert locust
- Wing veins improve fracture toughness: locust
- Cells temporarily self-repair ruptures: ficus tree
- Composites provide strength: jumbo squid
- Biopolymer composites in exoskeleton prevents structural failure: black coral
- Biofoam protects even at very cold temperatures: buriti palm
