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- Ventilated nests remove heat and gas: mound-building termites
- Nostril cone allows air passage: peregrine falcon
- Burrow shape creates ventilation: prairie dog
- Air scoops provide cooling: ants
- Tracheal system delivers oxygen efficiently: fly
- Air flow system, sacs provide efficient gas exchange: birds
- Internal leaf surface increases gas exchange: plants
- Increased surface area improves gas exchange: human
- Lungs efficiently expel air: fin whale
- Tubes help cool muscles, transport gases: insects
- Blood carries oxygen in varied conditions: human
- Breathing occurs even with full mouth: diamondback rattlesnake
- Large volumes move through small spaces: common earthworm
- Pressure makes air move: black mangrove
- Aerating device delivers oxygen: mangroves
- Stems move air: Phragmites australis
- Body shape and position direct water current: black flies
- Augmenting soil ventilation: short-beaked echidna
- Oxygenating soil: mangroves
- Leading edge of seed creates vortex lift: maple
- Seedpod autorotates: sycamore
- Pores allow gas exchange: birds
- Optimal branching of vascular vessels minimizes work: mammals
- Turrets ventilate nest: leaf-cutting ant
- Helical structure improves flow: humans
- Hypaxial muscles aid in respiration: aquatic salamander
- Cork warts and aerenchyma pressurize internal airflow: mangrove
- Calcium oxalate formation sequesters carbon dioxide: saguaro cactus
- Unusual hemoglobin aids survival in high-CO2 burrows: eastern mole
