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71. Guard hairs repel water: reindeer
"Naturally, animals that live in polar regions have the warmest coats of all. The reindeer's coat combines long, water-repelling guard hairs with an extremely dense underfur, deep-piled like a shag carpet." (Foy and Oxford Scientific Films 1982:84)
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72. Solar Water Still and Pump
Stephen Salter provides designs for a still and pump that works the way a tree transpires. Like a tree, it uses solar power to wick water up from underground, then captures the evaporated water. This water is purified--basically distilled--so can ...
73. Groasis waterboxx
Designed by Pieter Hoff, the Groasis waterboxx is a 20-inch by 10-inch box that serves as an incubator to help trees survive through the initial part of their growing cycle. The smartly designed container incubates one tree at a time, creating ide...
74. Networks share water: fungi
"Plant roots may be linked by shared or common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) that constitute pathways for the transfer of resources among plants…Our results suggest that the movement of water by CMNs is potentially important to plant survival...
75. Leaves capture water: bromeliads
"So successful are these techniques for sending seeds up into the canopy that the massive branches of many forest trees are often densely lined with squatters. These are known as epiphytes and among the commonest are bromeliads. They anchor the...
76. Leaves channel water: sacred fig
"Leaves are shaped so that water is funneled to run off the tip (called drip tips). Occurs more in understory, shady, humid conditions. An undergrowth study in Ghana showed that 90% of species have drip tips and that drip tips dry within 20 minute...
77. Nasal surfaces remove water vapor: camel
"We have found that camels can reduce the water loss due to evaporation from the respiratory tract in two ways: (1) by decreasing the temperature of the exhaled air and (2) by removal of water vapour from this air, resulting in the exhalation of a...
78. Body changes stiffness: sea cucumber
"Catch connective tissues or mutable collagenous tissues of echinoderms can extensively change their mechanical properties such as elasticity and viscosity within a few minutes under the regulation of their nervous system. The tissues contain a la...
79. 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...
80. Ears seal out water: crocodile
"Muscular external nostril and ear flaps on crocodilians seal out water." (Fowler and Miller 2003:59)
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