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- Vascular systems transport fluids and solutes: plants
- Valves handle high pressures: humans
- Pressure assists blood circulation: giraffe
- Xylem conduits transport water: plants
- Branching pattern enhances exchange and transport: cypress
- Trees generate pressure: oaks
- Pressure forces blood from pores: grasshopper
- Rod-like reinforcements provide strength: plants
- Blood cells circulate in viscous blood: dromedary camel
- Bird bill draws food into mouth: sandpiper
- Mats uniformly distribute resources: black grama grass
- Proboscis forms a flexible, sealed cylinder: butterfly
- Poisonous tooth shoots into prey: cone snail
- Elastic blood vessels accommodate pumping: mammals
- Flexible cylinders siphon water: clams
- Large volumes move through small spaces: common earthworm
- Leaves channel water: sacred fig
- Internal perforations transport nutrients: sphagnum moss
- Vortex stirs up sediment: phalarope
- Reflex "bleeding" deters predators: bloody-nosed beetle
- Eyelids cleanse eyes: mammals
- Transport system prevents spread of embolisms: conifers
- Probing mud for prey: shoebill stork
- Vessels resist bubble formation: trees
- Body changes shape: sea anemone
- Tail used for reproductive advantage: damselfly
- Ecosystem withstands attack: Kentucky bluegrass
- External hydrodynamic lever increases force: archer fish
- Squirting filaments protect from predators: pussmoth caterpillar
- Three-chambered heart reduces mixing of blood: frog
- Leading edge of seed creates vortex lift: maple
- Colonies distribute food after famine: Temnothorax ants
- Vein system resilient to damage: plants
- Networks share water: fungi
- Awns cause self-planting: spear grass
- Optimal branching of vascular vessels minimizes work: mammals
- Root grafting enhances growth: jack pine
- Helical structure improves flow: humans
- Hairs wick liquid: African crested rat
- Channels protect from freezing: goldenrod gall fly
