Increase in hydrostatic pressure forces blood from pores
101. Ventilated nests remove heat and gas: mound-building termites
"The macrotermitine termites build some of the most spectacular animal-built structures on the planet. Some, like the mound of Macrotermes michaelseni...are dominant landscape features over much of southern Africa. These termites control a signifi...
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102. Body designed for burrowing: nematode
"Nematodes, or roundworms, contrast sharply with the various sorts of flatworms. They have a strong external cuticle, a normally round cross section, and longitudinal muscles only. A grotesquely large species, the intestinal parasite Ascaris, was ...
103. Valve regulates blood flow.
"Giraffe have a valve in the neck that prevents blood rushing to the head when it is drinking." (African Wildlife Guide 2007)
104. Swimbladder retains gases: ray-finned fish
"But the swimbladder must be filled from dissolved gases in the blood, and it must not lose gas through redissolution into the blood. So secretion of gas from blood into swimbladder faces a big barrier, and swimbladder gas will all too readily go ...
105. Toner Recycling Programs
If you are involved in a toner recycling program you're making an ecologically responsible choice concerning how to handle your empty computer printer cartridges.In any toner recycle program, you should have a refillable toner cartridge. Com...
106. Eyes see in the dark: oilbird
"An extreme example of a low light-level lifestyle among flying birds is provided by the oilbird, Steatornis caripensis (Steatornithidae, Caprimulgiformes). Oilbirds breed and roost in caves, often at sufficient depth that no daylight can penetrat...
107. White blood cells adhere closely: mammals
"Dr. Shasha Klibanov, Dr. Jonathan Lindner, and graduate student Jack Rychack of the University of Virginia are studying how leukocytes bind at high speeds to areas of infection. Physicians want to use microbubbles in combination with ultrasound t...
108. Swimming efficiently: sharks
"It came as more of a surprise than it should have when Wainwright, Vosburgh, and Hebrank (1978) showed that sharks utilized a hydroskeleton. Sharks, after all, have conventional skeletons, albeit somewhat less calcified ones than that of most oth...
109. Skin protects from dehydration: file snake
"The granular skin of Acrochordus is hygroscopic and imbibes water which moves rapidly over the body surface through interscalar channels. Consequently, the integument is easily wetted to bear a superficial aqueous film = 5.4 mg water per cm²...
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