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- Leaves fold in response to touch: sensitive plant
- Folding allows compact shape: hornbeam
- Bulging proboscis amplifies sound: southern elephant seal
- Ion release causes contraction: protozoan Vorticella convallaria
- Structural composition provides strength in changing conditions: plants
- Folds allow efficient leaf deployment: plants
- Abdomens store nectar: honeypot ants
- Cone scales are humidity-sensitive: pine
- Rolling into a ball for protection: armadillo
- Rolling into a ball for protection: pill millipede
- Deployable web distracts predators: blanket octopus
- Teeth are self-sharpening: American beaver
- Inflating for protection: porcupinefish
- Pouch stores seed: Clark's nutcracker
- Uterus expands/contracts: mammals
- Muscles flex: humans
- Mouthpart functions change: butterfly
- Skin aids movement: worms
- Blood vessels regulate temperature: vertebrates
- Gular pouch used to attract mate: frigatebird
- Environment tailors growth: organisms
- Camouflage reduces herbivory: pebble plants
- Double-layered ball assists spore dispersal: earthstar fungus
- Leaf serves as container: red oak roller weevil
- Swimming efficiently: sharks
- Hydroskeleton changes shape: ribbon worms
- Shooting snout snags prey: sling-jaw wrasse
- Jaws swallow eggs whole: egg-eating snakes
- Jaw swallows large prey: pythons
- Body changes shape: sea anemone
- Supportive gel enables extreme shape change: sea anemone
- Specialized teeth wear down but remain effective: grazing animals
- Ligament used to reopen shells: bivalve mollusks
- Shell protects, supports, and allows for growth: shelled mollusks
- Wing scales help camouflage from sonar: moth
- Larvae produce foam: meadow spittlebug
- Wings are deployable: beetles
- Foam builds shelter, provides water: Japanese flying frog
- Fins provide streamlined shape: tuna
- Shell changes shape: pancake tortoise
- Long proboscis stored when not in use: hawk moth
- Biopolymer stops shell growth: oyster
- Mutant gene flattens leaves: snapdragon
- Leaves have elasticity, shape memory: resurrection fern
- Flower structures protect pollen: angiosperms
- Desiccation eludes enemies: bdelloid rotifers
- Pollen survives extreme dehydration: flowering plants
- DNA densely packed without knots: humans
- Blades balance light interception, drag: bull kelp
- Leaves alter shape to optimize light: olive tree
- Heart grows: Burmese python
- Chaperonins correct misfolded proteins: human cells
- Petals peel open: Asiatic lily
- Nematocyst stingers accelerate fast: Hydra
