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21. Water collection cools hive: honeybee
"Honeybee colonies collect water for two reasons, related to different types of weather: for cooling of the brood area by evaporation on hot days, and for feeding the larval brood when foraging is limited on cool days (Lindauer, 1955; Seeley, 1995...
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Email22. Dinoflagellates use water to catalyze conversion of chemicals into toxins.
“Selectivity rules in organic chemistry have been inferred largely from nonaqueous environments. In contrast, enzymes operate in water, and the chemical effect of the medium change remains only partially understood. Structural characterizati...
23. Leaves gather water: geophytes
"In the semidesert of Namaqualand and adjacent regions of the former Cape Province, South Africa, there occurs an assemblage of geophytes belonging to eight monocot families and some Oxalis species that exhibit special morphological adaptations of...
24. Flotation in turbulent waters: Heteropterid bugs
"Among the most superficially aquatic and numerous insects of freshwater areas are various Heteropterid bugs, such as pond-skaters, water-measurers and water-crickets. lnsects like these seldom even get their feet wet since they are able to stride...
25. Capsules launch seeds: Namaqualand mesems
"Most of the Namaqualand mesems [Mesembryanthemums], as they are known for short, do not scatter their seeds after flowering but retain them in capsules. The structure of these devices is usually very intricate indeed. When the first rain falls, p...
26. Hairs repel water: cranefly
"Water droplets placed on this insect’s [cranefly] wings will spontaneously roll off the surface. In addition, the insect can stand on water bodies without its legs penetrating the water surface. The legs and wings of this insect possess tho...
27. Baleen Filters water filters
The Baleen filter is a highly efficient, non-pressurized self-cleaning separation technology that offers reliable, trouble-free filtration to 25 microns without chemical assistance. Therefore there are o...
28. Filter feeding moves water: Venus flower basket
"A sponge takes in water at its base, filtering the food from it and expelling it through holes higher up." (Courtesy of the Biomimicry Guild)
29. BioHaven® floating islands
Floating Island International's BioHaven® Technology mimics how natural wetlands and natural floating islands filter sediments and nutrients out of surface water. However, these islands go a step further by creating a concentrated wetland effe...
30. Fog-catching materials
Oxford biologist Dr. Andrew Parker and Dr. Chris Lawrence of QinetiQ were studying tenebrionid (Stenocara) beetles in the barren Namibian Desert when they discovered the shell of these insects has a bumpy surface texture. Further research show...
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